Formula 1 is expected to announce a new British Grand Prix contract at a news conference on Wednesday. F1 boss Chase Carey is attending the event with Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle and John Grant, the chairman of circuit owner the British Racing Drivers' Club. The race's future has been in doubt after Silverstone exercised a break clause in its contract because it was too expensive. But a new multi-year deal to keep the race at Silverstone is believed to have been agreed in the past week. Silverstone had been on the brink of signing a new contract only for concerns to emerge in June when F1 informed the track of plans to hold a race in London in the next few years....
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