LONDON (AFP) - The managing director of Silverstone hopes the fact that the English track is staging two Grand Prix races this season will help lure a new round of fans into Formula One.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - The managing director of Silverstone hopes the fact that the English track is staging two Grand Prix races this season will help lure a new round of fans into Formula One.
Indeed, this year's edition was initially moved back a week in July to avoid the Euro 2020 football and Wimbledon finals but would have clashed with the culmination of golf's British Open."On the one hand of course you want your sport to dominate the back pages and sometimes the front," Silverstone chief Stuart Pringle told BBC Radio.
"We all love our own sport and sometimes we don't try other sports. And actually if you're a sports fan, just getting stuck into something is a great experience... I'm sure we will pick up some new people."
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