CANCELLED! Final Round Of The Red Bull Air Race World Championship In Portugal

Unable To Reach Host City Agreement By Deadline

The final round of the 2010 The Red Bull Air Race World Championship, which was to be held in Portugal on the 4th and 5th of September, will be cancelled due to unexpected delays in reaching a revised host city agreement.  The negotiation process with Tourism Portugal and the associated cities of Lisbon, Porto and Gaia was positive, however time ran out to execute a race of this size, complexity and of the quality expected of the strong fan base in Portugal.

The 2010 race was originally announced on December 21st, 2009 to take place in Portugal's capital city, Lisbon.  Earlier this year the City of Lisbon, in an effort to secure a longer term agreement for Portugal, approached the Cities of Porto and Gaia to develop a joint proposal which would have seen the race alternate between the north and south of Portugal over the next four years.

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