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F1: Grand Prix Returning To New York?
Written by: SPEED Staff
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10/05/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
Formula One returned to America in 2000 after a nine year absence staging the US Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway until 2007. (Photo: LAT Photographic) ยป More Photos

For the first time since 2007, Formula One may be returning to America.

In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Formula One’s chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, talked about several possible sites for future Grand Prix events.

"In 2010 we are going to Korea and the year after to India. We are also trying to organize a Grand Prix in New York," Ecclestone said.

Formula One has an on again off again history in America, having staged events in Detroit, Phoenix and Watkins Glen in New York from 1961 to 1980 and again from 1989 to 1991.

The most recent return to America was with the staging of the US Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from
2000 until 2007. In 2006 though the series suffered a black eye when 14 drivers refused to start the event due to safety concerns with tires.

In 2007, F1 announced that the US Grand Prix would not be on the 2008 schedule.

This year however F1 made room on next years schedule for the Canadian Grand Prix to return in 2010 and the possibility of having two Grand Prix events on the same continent near the same time would make economic sense for series.

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