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$65m Interlagos upgrade saved Brazil GP
Brazil had to spend millions on upgrading the ageing Interlagos circuit or risk losing its place on the formula one calendar.
That is the claim of Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, after inspecting the first phase of $65 million improvements to the popular venue this week.
The biggest change ahead of next month's Brazilian grand prix, set to be the penultimate round of the 2014 world championship, is a full resurfacing of the asphalt.
But by the 2015 edition, F1 teams will be housing themselves in a completely new pit and paddock complex.
Haddad is quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE as saying a federal government programme funded the improvements.
"If it were not for the (programme),...
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