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The ongoing mess that is the Formula 1 calendar

Several venues are struggling to stay on the Formula 1 calendar; others willing to join are yet to sort deals that will secure their slots. Dieter Rencken explains why the current business model is not sustainable

It's been a subtle but profound shift in strategy on the part of F1's commercial rights holder, Formula One Management: where the six grands prix (Bahrain, China, Turkey, Valencia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi) added to the calendar between 2004 and '09 were all government-backed, the latest half-dozen (India, Texas, Austria, Russia and New Jersey) - with the arguable exception of Russia's race - have all been privately funded, with possible public subsidies being applied retrospectively.

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