Long Beach City Council is expected to make a decision between continuing its long-standing agreement with IndyCar, or allowing Formula 1 to return to its city streets in 2019. The California city has hired the services of consultancy firm KPMG to analyse the economic impact and viability of two proposals put forward during a tender process. They came from Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, which currently organises the IndyCar race in the city, and another from World Automobile Championship of California LLC, headed up by Chris Pook. The latter wants to see F1 return for the first time since 1983 and has put forward a deal that won't cost the taxpayer anything, as it...
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