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Korean GP Gets Race Promoters' Trophy from the FIA

Something must have gone wrong with the decision making process within the International Automobile Federation (FIA) last weekend, as the representatives of the governing motor racing body have handed the Korean Grand Prix the Race Promoters’ Trophy. The award was presented during the FIA’s annual Prize Gala that took place in Monaco on Friday.

The award recognises the state-of-the-art Korean International Circuit which hosted its inaugural grand prix this year,” the FIA argued their decision.

Just to make things crystal clear, the promoters of the Korean event were considered the best in the 2010 Formula One championship. Bear in mind that this year's inaugural Korean Grand Prix was held on a yet-to-be-finalized facility, while the F1 drivers, team staff and members of the international media alike had to stay in so called “love hotels” throughout the racing weekend, due to accommodation issues.

Not to mention the fact that the rain that poured down on the circuit made the track practically undriveable.

It is a great honour to receive this award on behalf of all of those involved in the first Korean Grand Prix. I sincerely thank all of the people who helped to make the event such a success, leading to us receiving this wonderful trophy this evening,” said Yung Cho Chung of the Korea Automobile Racing Association, the man who collected the prize last Friday.

Needless to say, the FIA's decision was regarded as strange to say the least by some media commentators, but one reaction stands out the most. It belongs to The Times correspondent Kevin Eason, who wrote on Twitter: “Korea. Korea? KOREA??!! I must have been somewhere else.

The Korean GP, complete with event and flight chaos, shoddy hotels and things I won't mention, won the race promotor's trophy. Why?” added Byron Young, F1 correspondent for the Daily Mirror, according to the GMM news agency.
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