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DRIVERS STANDING Swiss lift Formula One ban
09-25-2004

(GMM - Shanghai) Switzerland has voted to scrap a ban on motor sport, a representative in the parliament's lower house said.

The majority of the 200-member chamber accepted a move initiated by Swiss People's Party member Ulrich Giezendanner, in a bid to one day return Formula One to Switzerland.

Motor racing was banned in the country after a Le Mans accident in 1955 killed 80 spectators, but lawmakers believe the new move would boost an ailing tourism industry.

A Formula One-style track is being considered for construction at a disused military airfield near Interlaken.


















 
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