The move comes just a few weeks after the FIA lifted a ban on Russian and Belarusian drivers competing in international motorsports, which had been in effect since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

Russia has missed the deadline to submit its application to the FIA to hold a Formula 1 race in 2014.Although work is ongoing at the Sochi venue, and organizers announced last week that they had penciled in an Oct. 19 date, doubts have been cast on the event amid a...

By Aleksander KabanovskyThursday, August 1st 2013, 16:16 GMTRussia has missed the deadline to submit its application to the FIA to hold a Formula 1 race in 2014.Although work is ongoing at the Sochi venue, and organisers announced last week that they had pencilled in an October 19 date, doubts have...