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Alonso indifferent over Valencia GP

Fernando Alonso says that he is not too bothered about the fact there will be two Grands Prix in Spain next year following the announcement that Valencia will be added to the 2008 calendar. The Spaniard, who was not able to watch the races on Spanish television when he was growing up, did admit however that he is very pleased for his country and with the growing popularity of motor sport there.

"For me, it is not going to be a big difference," Alonso said.

"We have 17, 18 or 19 races in the calendar, or whatever, and we go always to every country and we are happy to race in any place. Now we have two Grands Prix in Spain and for me it will be okay and it will be nice to see how it develops in Spain the last four or five years as before we didn't even have television coverage four years ago and now we are going to have two Grands Prix in the country, so it is very special. So I am happy for the motor sport in Spain but for us it is not a big change to take the plane to Valencia or take the plane to Italy."

However, Alonso did question the decision to put on a street event when there is already a track in Valencia where the teams often test.

"Now to have a race on the streets when we have a circuit only 20 or 30 kilometres away in Valencia, that is a little bit difficult to understand, what the Formula One bosses want, but for us so far as it is safe and they put in what is required to make it safe we will race anywhere," he added.

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