Mayor offers his services to Formula OneRio de Janeiro is ready to step in and fill the void created by the cancellation of this season`s Belgian Formula One Grand Prix, according to the city`s Mayor.
Cesar Maia said Thursday that the Brazilian city, which hosted its country`s leg of the Grand Prix calendar from 1981 to 1990 before the Brazil Grand Prix moved to Interlagos in Sao Paulo, could fill in after Belgium was forced to call off its Grand Prix on Wednesday.
"We know that Belgium has cancelled its meeting and we want to put ourselves at the service of the sport to organise our own," said Maia.
The FIA and Bernie Ecclestone removed the Belgian GP, scheduled for September 17th, from this year`s calendar and ordered Spa Francorchamps to undergo vital track improvements to prepare it for the 2007 season.
Rio has been working hard in recent times to attract top international sport to the city and could host the Grand Prix at its Nelson Piquet circuit. Should Maia`s offer be accepted by the FIA, the Rio Grand Prix would take place just over a month before the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on October 22.
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