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Lauda says New Jersey has been dropped from 2014 calendar

Few proposed races have had as troubled a history as the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey. It was originally due to take place this year but the brakes were put on that plan when Pitpass' business editor Christian Sylt revealed that Formula One's boss Bernie Ecclestone had torn up the contract after the organisers missed payment deadlines. A new agreement was signed in May this year and just when it looked like the race was on track for 2014 it came to light that in fact there is the small matter of the organisers needing to find £66m ($100m) before it gets the green light. They have already run out of time according to Niki Lauda, one of Ecclestone's closest confidantes.Speaking...
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