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Qatar hoping to host F1 race
11 March 2010With Bernie Ecclestone having confirmed a Grand Prix on the streets of Italian capital city Rome for 2013, the Formula 1 commercial rights holder has also said that the calendar will be increasing in length to a record 20 races in coming years, with Qatar hoping to add its name to the list.
With the current pair of Middle Eastern Grands Prix bookending the F1 calendar, Qatar is already a popular fixture on the MotoGP schedule thanks to its now traditional season-opening night race at the Losail circuit, which also hopes to welcome the premier four-wheeled motor racing series.
"Surely F1 is part of our future plans," Nasser bin Khalifa al-Attiyah, President of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation, is quoted as saying by the Gulf Times. "Considerable work on the track has already been done but there's a lot of development which still needs to be done (in order to bring the track up to F1 specification).
"We need to be absolutely sure when it comes to safety; once everything is in place, the track will be evaluated by the safety commissioner and then licensed for official F1 testing - after that we will be ready to be part of the F1 circuit."
Also on Thursday: Abu Dhabi targets MotoGP event
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