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Renzi to Ecclestone: Hands off the grand prix at Monza!

The big guns are now firing over the question of historic Monza's future on the Formula 1 world championship calendar. With a contract beyond 2016 still not agreed between organisers of the fabled race at the Autodromo Nazionale and Bernie Ecclestone, Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi weighed into the story on Wednesday. 'Formula 1 thrives not only on money, but also symbols,' Renzi, who is expected to attend Sunday's race, told Italian radio RTL 102.5. 'We will tell Bernie Ecclestone clearly, ‘Hands off the grand prix at Monza!'' he insisted. For now, however, F1 supremo Ecclestone is holding firm that the days of subsidised fees for one of the iconic venues on the calendar are...
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