Turkey closer to renewal for 2012

The Istanbul Park circuit is closer to reaching a deal for 2012 after organizers met Bernie Ecclestone. Representatives of the track had ruled out being willing to pay double to keep the race on the calendar, but after the GP Mumtaz Tahincioglu, president of the Turkish motoring federation, said: “Both sides are trying to resolve the problem. There is a 50% difference between before and after the race.

“The first deadline is June 3, when the World Motor Sport Council will review a draft of the 2012 calendar. “Even if not everything is decided by that date, we will still have to get back into the draft,” said Yunus Akgul, director general for youth. and sport. Ecclestone has already replied that this will only happen if Turkey agrees to pay the pre-established annual tax: “We will be happy to race there for the same money we get from other European tracks like Hungary.”