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Interlagos gets Sao Paulo council boost

While Brazil president, Jair Bolsonaro's claim earlier this month that the country's 2020 Grand Prix would be held at a new track in Rio didn't raise that many eyebrows, the further claim that the new circuit could be built in seven months did - that and the fact that Interlagos already has a contract for the 2020 race. While officials in Sao Paulo vowed that they would not relinquish the race without a fight, their cause has been given a further boost following a vote by the city council. A plan to privatise the city's real estate saw the council vote not to include the circuit, and though this has yet to be approved by the mayor, Bruno Covas, this would appear to be a formality as he is...
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