Russia to host F1 GP
Russia is planning to build a Grand Prix circuit in time to host a race early in the new millennium, backing up Bernie Ecclestone's claims that the country is pushing for a place on the F1 calendar. A project in the city of Tula, about 100 miles south of Moscow, is said to have the backing of Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov and the mayor of the town, and organisers claim to have backing from private investors of more than £90 million
British engineer Simon Ritsema van Eck has been approached as a potential constructor for the track. He says that the Russians have told him that they would like to have something finished by 2001, but that the plan is in its initial stages. 'They want my opinion on whether it's feasible and how it might be done.'
He said that a number of venues had been floated as potential sites for a Grand Prix, including the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg; ideas which were then distilled into this one project.
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