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Rio government selects company to build F1 track
Rio de Janeiro's city hall selected a group of companies to build a new race track that could eventually host the Brazilian Grand Prix, a move that could still be challenged in courts. Official city hall records published Tuesday say the Rio MotorSports group was the only bidder for the job of building a track in northern Rio. The group also issued a statement confirming it will build and operate the track in the region of Deodoro for 35 years. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said this month that the new track could be used to host F1 and MotoGP races, and suggested it should be named after three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna. Rio has not hosted an F1 race since 1989 but is hoping to...
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