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Russia will claim 'force majeure' for late FIA application
Aug 2nd, 2013 .- Russia's hopes of holding its inaugural grand prix next year may rest on officials being able to convince the FIA its application was lodged late due to 'force majeure'. Due to a conflict between race organiser Omega and the Russian automobile federation (RAF), the July 31 deadline for the official 2014 application to be lodged to F1's governing body was missed. An email to RAF from the FIA has emerged, in which RAF is told the deadline must be respected "except in the case of force majeure". But a FIA spokeswoman told the Ria Novosti news agency that missing the deadline does not necessarily mean the Russian grand prix will not be held. Indeed, RAF executive...
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