Turkey has taken another step towards the return of F1 to Istanbul. Eren Üçlertoprağ, president of TOSFED, the Turkish motor sports committee and member of the FIA Track Commission, interviewed by journalist Fatih Altaylı, declared that he had obtained a "promise" from the president of the FIA, the Emirati Mohammed Ben Sulayem, to report the F1 in the Turkish circuit of Istanbul Park.