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The next U.S. Grand Prix will be held in Austin, Texas, in 2012. The last time Formula One ran in the U.S. was the 2007 race in Indianapolis.
| U.S. Grand Prix heads to Austin in 2012, Ecclestone says
By Adam Cooper | 05/25/10, 2:31 pm et
Bernie Ecclestone has used his Web site to announce that a United States Grand Prix will be held in Austin, Texas, from 2012 to 2021. It will be the first F1 event held in the United States since the 2007 U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis.
The news comes just days after the Monticello Motor Club in New York told the media that it was pitching for a race.
The Austin event will be promoted by Full Throttle Productions, a company with an involvement in NASCAR. A new facility will be built for the race in what is the 15-largest city in the United States.
The company's managing partner, Tavo Hellmund, said in the statement: “We are extremely honored and proud to reach an agreement with the F1 Commercial Rights holder. We have been diligently working together for several years to... |
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