Formula 1 News: FIA inspection eases Madrid fears despite legal dispute

An FIA delegation led by race director Rui Marques and Jorge Abed visited the future Madring street circuit in Madrid this week to assess construction progress, arriving just over three months before the planned September 13 debut grand prix. Promoter representative Luis Garcia Abad stated the project is on schedule and that a test event will be held before the race. However, a legal dispute has emerged at the Cologne Regional Court between Italian circuit design firm Dromo and the German Tilke Group over intellectual property rights related to the circuit.