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Hamilton opposes new Rio circuit over environmental impact
Lewis Hamilton says he's against plans to build a brand new race track in the heart of Brazil's Camboata Forest. Formula 1 has traditionally raced at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, but Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro wants to see a brand new state of the art venue built close to Rio De Janeiro. Even though it's yet to start construction, the proposed Deodoro circuit has an agreement in principal with Formula 1 to take over the hosting of the Brazilian Grand Prix. But it would involve the felling of up to 70,000 trees across 55 hectares of land, and would require the approval of environmental authorities to go ahead. And now Hamilton has voiced his own criticism of the project....
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