08/02/2006
NEWS STORY
The FIA has this afternoon (Wednesday), issued the following statement:
The Belgian National Sporting Authority, the RACB, has written to notify the FIA of the withdrawal of the 2006 Belgian Grand Prix from the FIA Formula One World Championship.
The withdrawal has been made in order to allow the completion of extensive improvement work to facilities at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
The FIA hopes that the event will be included once again in the Formula One World Championship calendar from 2007 onwards.