FEBRUARY 21, 2000
Russians vote for F1 circuit
The proposal to build a track was made last year to the city's building committee, which is headed by the mayor YuriĆLuzhov. The idea was approved and so the program was passed on to the main city council. The project will depend on whether or not private investment can be found as the government is not planning to fund the entire project.
The idea of a circuit in Moscow has been promoted by Oleg Iarovoy, who is First Vice President of the Centre Automotoclub of Russia - the national sporting authority - and a member of the council of the Russian Automobile Federation.
The news will come as a blow to rival projects in Tula and Leningrad but the battle to host a Grand Prix in Russia is by no means over. Investment must be found and the circuit completed. And after that the Russia's have to come up with the money to convince Formula 1 that it should visit the country.