Ecclestone to visit hopeful host Bulgaria E-mail
Jul.10 (GMM)  Bernie Ecclestone will visit Bulgaria in the coming weeks as the southeastern European republic looks to join the formula one calendar in 2011.

A Bulgarian delegation led by politician Rumen Petkov met with the F1 chief executive at the Nurburgring on Friday.

The meeting lasted more than an hour, the Focus news agency reports.

"We expect to get a letter from Mr Ecclestone in reference to the talks," he said afterwards in Germany.  "We invited him in Bulgaria and he will pay a visit in the next weeks," Petkov added.

F1 drivers said they would welcome travelling to Bulgaria for a grand prix, but Sebastian Vettel suggested that efforts should be made to ensure new races can provide an adequate "atmosphere".

In neighbouring Turkey recently, the atmosphere was particularly flat, due to high ticket prices and low local interest in the sport.

"If the spectators are great, if the atmosphere is great - if there are plenty of Bulgarian race fans - it would be nice to go there," German Vettel said.
 

2010 Calendar

RaceGrand Prix Date
1Bahrain GP 14 March
2Australian GP 28 March
3Malaysian GP 4 April
4Chinese GP 18 April
5Spanish GP 9 May
6Monaco GP 16 May
7Turkish GP 30 May
8Canadian GP 13 June
9European GP 27 June
10British GP11 July
11German GP 25 July
12Hungarian GP 1 August
13Belgian GP 29 August
14Italian GP 12 September
15Singapore GP 26 September
16Japanese GP 3 October
17Korean GP 17 October
18Abu Dhabi GP 31 October
19Brazilian GP 14 November
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