Bulgaria was never close to organising a round of the F1 world
championship, FIA president Jean Todt insists.
It was reported that, before scrapping the plans on financial grounds, the
Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation held meetings with Bernie Ecclestone and
even received a race contract for 2011-2015.
But while in Bulgaria to discuss the southeastern European republic's
world rally round for 2010, Todt revealed that the FIA never received a
formal request to sanction a Belgian Grand Prix, according to the news
agency Sofia.
