The opening race of the 2015 IndyCar Series scheduled for March 8 in Brasilia, Brazil, has been cancelled. In a brief statement, IndyCar has labelled the development, announced by local television station BAND, “a great disappointment”. While reasons for the cancellation have yet to be confirmed, local media have reported that the government has pulled its funding from the event. The race was set to take place at the government-owned Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet circuit. Brazil had missed out on an IndyCar fixture last season following the end of the Sao Paulo street race, which ran its fourth and final event in 2013. 'Today’s announcement by BAND that the March 8...
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