Possible F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas one step closer

Posted on 12-06-2016 at 10:54 by RubenPriest – 53 Comments”

Will it still happen?

Still not as crazy a long time ago, we wrote about a possible Grand Prix in the American gambling city. None other than grandpa Ecclestone told that there are already conversations going on were opposite the British media. Vegas would be considered a possible alternative function of Monza. Again dive Las Vegas in the F1-corridors. This time it is the BBC that reports that the funding, as well as around.

A Chinese conglomerate would be willing to take money to provide, on the basis of a plan of Farid Shidfar. This is An American entrepreneur and the founder of the auto parts company P2M Motorsports, located in, yes, Las Vegas. According to Shidfar is the project in an advanced stage and there is already a plan for a circuit on the table, from the well-known F1 track designers at Hermann Tilke. Many details are not known, but a route over the famous Strip is in each case included in the design. It would go to a high-speed track with several sharp bends.

According to Shidfar can Las Vegas, theoretically, already in 2017 on the can be added. However, with all the paperwork and drafting the plan 2018, a more realistic aim.