F1: Todt - Not Up To Me To Revive French GP

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F1: Todt - Not Up To Me To Revive French GP

FIA president Jean Todt says the task of potentially bringing back the French GP doesn't fall on his shoulders...

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted December 13, 2012 GMM Newswire

FIA president Jean Todt is a native Frenchman. (Photo: Getty Images)

Jean Todt insists it is not up to him to revive France's Grand Prix.

Despite earlier efforts by venues Paul Ricard and Magny Cours to raise the tricolour once again, the last remaining spot on the 2013 calendar is now expected to be filled by either Turkey or Austria.

But with F1's Paris-based governing body headed by a Frenchman, president Todt, surely the 66-year-old could wield his power in favor of a French Grand Prix?

"It is up to neither the FIA nor its president to address this problem," he is quoted as insisting.

"It is up to the French motor sport federation, the regions and eventually the French authorities.

"But as someone passionate about motor racing, I would be happy if there is a grand prix de France.

"If the file arrives on my desk, I will obviously do what I can for a favorable outcome. But that is still to happen," insisted Todt, according to French reports.

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