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Liberty should buy Silverstone to secure future, says Brown
Formula 1's new owners should buy Silverstone to help secure the long-term future of the British Grand Prix, reckons McLaren chief Zak Brown. With Silverstone poised to announce next week that it will activate a break clause to terminate its British GP deal beyond 2019 so it can renegotiate terms, the fate of the event has been thrown into doubt. One of the key issues that has threatened its future is a heavy escalator in its F1 rights fee which will make it impossible to break even in the future. While there has been talk of the British GP finding a new home – potentially with a street race in London – the financial reality is that a reduced rights fee for Silverstone over the...
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