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Silverstone working to save Grand Prix

Speaking in Birmingham, British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) President Derek Warwick has sought to play down fears that Silverstone is to lose the British Grand Prix. Fears for the race resurfaced earlier this month when the club's chairman wrote to members warning that the cost of keeping the event posed a 'potentially ruinous risk'. Consequently, he warned that before this year's event, as required by its agreement, it is the club's intention to exercise the break clause in its contract with FOM at the end of 2019, which would effectively mean no race at Silverstone from 2020. However, he admitted that this was one of a number of options as the club sought to keep the race, 'but only if...
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