Post by blacktulip on Oct 23, 2011 14:22:36 GMT
Formula 1 looks set to get a second American date from 2013 amid reports that a spectacular street event in New Jersey will be launched next week.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a press conference will take place at Port Imperial on Tuesday to confirm plans for the race.
F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has long hinted that he wanted to see the world championship racing on the streets of New York - and that while F1's return to the United States had been secured with the deal to race in Austin, Texas, next year, he was open to a second American date at the right venue.
It had previously been reported that the mayors of West New York and Weehawken were collaborating with Leo Hindery Jr, former CEO of the YES TV network, on the New Jersey F1 race project.
F1 has not raced in America since Indianapolis held its final grand prix in 2007.
The Indy 500 venue had hosted F1 from 2000 - ending an absence of nearly a decade following the failure of the Phoenix street race.
Teams and their sponsor finders have long been edgy about the lack of a US date on the calendar, seeing it as a key market despite the American public having yet to take to grand prix racing with the same enthusiasm that they show for leading domestic motorsport series NASCAR.
F1 will make its return to the US on 16-18 November next year, when the purpose-built new circuit in Austin hosts the penultimate round of the 2012 championship.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a press conference will take place at Port Imperial on Tuesday to confirm plans for the race.
F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has long hinted that he wanted to see the world championship racing on the streets of New York - and that while F1's return to the United States had been secured with the deal to race in Austin, Texas, next year, he was open to a second American date at the right venue.
It had previously been reported that the mayors of West New York and Weehawken were collaborating with Leo Hindery Jr, former CEO of the YES TV network, on the New Jersey F1 race project.
F1 has not raced in America since Indianapolis held its final grand prix in 2007.
The Indy 500 venue had hosted F1 from 2000 - ending an absence of nearly a decade following the failure of the Phoenix street race.
Teams and their sponsor finders have long been edgy about the lack of a US date on the calendar, seeing it as a key market despite the American public having yet to take to grand prix racing with the same enthusiasm that they show for leading domestic motorsport series NASCAR.
F1 will make its return to the US on 16-18 November next year, when the purpose-built new circuit in Austin hosts the penultimate round of the 2012 championship.
