Plan to shift F1 venue
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Thailand may ask the International Automobile Federation to consider moving the F1 race from Bangkok to Phuket following strong opposition from residents, the tourism and sports minister said yesterday.
Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Purisrisak said Kanokphand Chulakasem, governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, has been given the task of getting the venue shifted.
Somsak said Phuket, Khon Kaen and Nakhon Ratchasima had offered to host the Formula 1 race after communities around the Rattanakosin Island in Bangkok expressed strong opposition.
The minister also said that the Sports Authority of Thailand might also consider the Government Complex in Chaeng Wattana or Muang Thong Thani as possible venues.
