After all the publicity and strident ruling from the FIA that no single country will be allowed to host two Grands Prix in a single season any more, it seems that as soon as the rule is set, it’s broken.

Germany agreed to drop the European GP and alternate its race between Hockenheim and the Nurburgring, and Italy lost the Imola hosted San Marino GP in favor of keeping its national race at Monza – But…

The BBC  is now reporting that  ”Imola’s chances of continuing to stage F1’s San Marino Grand Prix have been boosted by news that redevelopment work will start at the track on 4 October.  The circuit is hoping to host the extra grand prix added to the F1 calendar this week when it was expanded from 17 to 18 races for the 2007 season. No race is currently scheduled for the last weekend in April. The Italian government said the aim was for “the grand prix to be held on 29 April 2007 and in following years”.

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