France's return to the F1 Calendar is still to be confirmed, according to the country's Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
A return to top-level grand prix racing for France was expected to be announced earlier this week when Fillon visited the Le Castellet circuit in southern France, but Fillon instead revealed that talks were still ongoing.
"We are working on the idea of hosting a grand prix every other year at Le Castellet," the prime minister said. "This idea was agreed by the Formula 1 authorities. It is not up to me to set a date for a grand prix."
The ongoing talks with the Formula 1 authorities are centred on alternating races with Belgium and Fillon also said that the fee is still to be agreed.
"The Formula 1 organisers' proposal is reasonable enough, but we have to make them remove the 'enough'. "There is a two-million-euro gap. French state will bail for (the fee) but we will not go further."
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