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Austin wants new F1 race contract beyond 2026

Oct.21 Organisers of the US GP in Austin want to safeguard their place on the Formula 1 calendar. The event at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) was first held in 2012, prior to the Liberty Media era and having ended the drought of American races in Formula 1. But since Liberty Media took over, spectacular and entertainment-focused US street races in Miami and Las Vegas have joined the ever more cluttered calendar. Bobby Epstein, one of the masterminds and financiers of Austin's F1 project, revealed at the weekend that the circuit was forced to spend over $10 million to resurface the track for the 2024 edition. 'Max (Verstappen)'s poor review might have been the last straw, but it was...
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