FIA President  Jean Todt on hailed next year's inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix in Hanoi as a great opportunity to open doors for people with 'a passion' for motorsport in Southeast Asia. The communist Vietnamese capital will get its first taste of the high-octane glitz and glamour of Formula 1 when it hosts its first grand prix from April next year as the sport bids to tap into new markets in the region. Todt said he hoped Vietnamese fans seeing the likes of five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel battling wheel-to-wheel on the streets of Hanoi would lead to an explosion of in interest in racing of all kinds in football-mad Vietnam. 'It's… fantastic for the...
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