V Disneylandu ne bo formule 1

Na pariškem obrobju stoji velik zabaviščni park Disneyland in tam so želeli postaviti novo dirkališče, ki bi v Francijo zvabil ljubitelje

No French GP at Disneyland Paris

Nov.20 (GMM) The prospective organisers of a French grand prix on the grounds of Disneyland Paris have scrapped their plans.
It has emerged that the collaboration, with Euro Disney providing the land and promoter Lagardere Sports over 100 million, was relying on additional third party financial backing that did not materialise.An excerpt from a statement distributed by Lagardere, formerly the racing car company Matra, explained that "it proved impossible to reach an agreement with the other parties, which was an essential condition in the development of the project".
The Disneyland plans had been the most likely to materialise for 2010, after the current French grand prix at Magny-Cours withdrew from the 2009 calendar.
The news means that France is likely to be missing minimally from next year's formula one schedule, as well as in 2010.

The company Lagardere Sports and Disneyland Paris have abandoned their project to hold the French Grand Prix, saying that the event is not economically viable. The plan was for a race in 2010 but it seems that the local government was not willing to come up with the funding because of fears that the local population would object to the event. This means that there is not going to be a French Grand Prix in either 2009 or 2010.

The project was headed by former world champion Alain Prost and was one of the six that were in competition for the event. The deal was for Lagardere to come up with around 80m in finance with Disney providing the land.

The latest rumours suggest that the project that will now become the favourite is the one in departement of the Yvelines, to the west of Paris, in the valley of the River Seine, at Flins. This is understood to have the support of French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.