Although the 2006 Belgian Grand Prix has already been r💞emoved from the Formula One calendar, the race is set to return next year - with the local government reported to have put together a deal to secure the long-term future of the race.

According to RTBF.be, the government of the Walloon region has approved the modernisation of the Spa-Francorch🃏amps circuღit at a cost of EUR18million and will then match that amount to ensure that the race takes place for the coming seasons - repurchasing the current deal signed with Bernie Ecclestone and signing a new agreement to run for five years, with a clause stating that the situation would be revised after three years.

Such a deal would ensure th💙at a race would definitely take place for three years, with Ecclestone the person who would run the event.

Meanwhile the mayor of Rio de Janeir✨o, Cesar Maia, is reported to have offered to host a second Grand Prix in Brazil in order to keep 19 races on the F1 calen♊dar this season.

Under the proposals suggested, Rio would host a Grand Prix for the first ti♏me since 1990 with the Nelson Piquet circuit as the venue - giving Brazil two races in just over a month if a ✤Rio race was to take the date originally set aside for the Belgium event.