Bulgaria is hoping to secure a place on the Formula One calendar in 2011 when officials from the country meet Bernie Ecclestone this week.
Reuters reports that the president of the Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation (BMF), Bogdan Nikolov, said his colleague Rumen Petkov, the grand prix organizing committee chief, had been invited to the German Grand Prix this weekend by Ecclestone, and he was hopeful that a deal would be agreed.
“We’ve already submitted our plan a few months ago and it was considered by Formula One Management,” he said.
“According to the draft, Bulgaria could sign a contract to host a Formula One race between 2011 and 2015 and there's an option for a contract extension until 2020.”
The deal would be further positive news for motorsports in Bulgaria, following a preliminary agreement signed in February by the BMF to host a MotoGP round from 2012 to 2016, and the provisional listing of the country on the World Rally Championship calendar next year.
