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Vietnam to host Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2020

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Is the one enough to offset the other? Joining him will be Albon, who was promoted from Toro Rosso in the August summer break and kept the job with a string of impressive drives in his first appearances with the team. The German driver has rediscovered some of his magic touch since Leclerc claimed back-to-back victories in Belgium and Italy. Hanoi promoter, Vingroup, has signed a multi-year deal to host the Grand Prix, which will begin as a thrilling street race in the heart of the city. An essential part of this collaboration has been making sure that we not only showcase the city of Hanoi but also deliver an exciting race for Formula 1 fans in Vietnam and around the world. After plans to hold a grand prix in Miami were indefinitely postponed earlier this year, the race in Vietnam is the first to be secured under Liberty Media's ownership of F1. It will be a street circuit with purpose-built sections and a newly constructed pit and paddock complex. It provides an opportunity for inward investment to Vietnam and importantly to bring the exciting wheel to wheel racing of Formula 1 to the people of Vietnam.

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Racing Point Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez Perez will remain with Racing Point until the 2022 season, after a three-year contract extension was confirmed during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Sources close to Rai dispute this, saying that F1 never appeared interested in doing a deal, there were no negotiations worth the name, and no figure was ever put on the table. Others are less likely to be universally welcomed. I think if they took Ted away from Sky, they'd have a good, more technically oriented live pit reporter, next to Will Buxton for the flavor stuff. Gasly paid the price for his premature promotion to Red Bull but the fact the company is unwilling to pull the plug on him just yet shows a few things -- faith in Gasly to turn it around, but also a lack of realistic options elsewhere in its driver programme. Ocon's arrival is manna from heaven for Renault, giving it a French driver to lead the team -- his deal will see him stay with the team into 2021, the year Renault hopes to leap back to the front of the grid under the new rules. The other 17 will be behind a pay wall on Sky.

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Our Motosport team, working in collaboration with the City of Hanoi and promoter Vingroup, has worked to enable a circuit that will not only test the drivers but also ensure that our fans enjoy the racing spectacle. This is the perfect formula for Grand Prix racing and I look forward to this becoming a real highlight of the F1 calendar. Hopefully a new deal will allow more options. McLaren Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris Ahead of the British Grand Prix, McLaren confirmed it would continue with the same driver lineup for 2020. Here is how the grid looks and what led every team to the decision it has made. Verstappen, Red Bull Racing-Honda, +22. The deal expires at the end of this season.

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But the number of live races had reduced in recent years. Ahead of the inaugural race in 2020, we've combined cultural facts, archive footage and the Vietnam Street Circuit layout to five you a taste of things to come. National public broadcaster Rai has carried F1 since 1953. Hulkenberg has also said he has no interest in driving at Williams. What will a race weekend on your screens look like in Vietnam? But it will become a road, I understand, after that.

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With Albon growing in confidence and Verstappen one of the grid's premier talents, this could be one of F1's best partnerships next season if equipped with the right car. It came as little surprise given the upward trajectory of the team and the positive relationship between the two drivers. Lingering doubts about Renault's participation in F1 beyond 2020 might be a lingering narrative in the new season. He's already completed a handful of Friday practice appearances for the team in Kubica's place and would bring a good injection of financial backing to the Grove team. There are so many issues with it, including technical issues which have kept me from watching races live, and rude and unhelpful tech support people who managed to fix those issues after multiple tries. We are thrilled to be here in Hanoi, one of the most exciting cities in the world right now with such a rich history and an incredible future ahead of it.

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That is likely to have a significant effect on its appeal and stature as a major sport. Right now, though, no one yet knows the shape it will take, or how successful the changes will be. The same would go for other teams to whom the widest possible exposure is an important part of the reason for their participation in F1 - especially Mercedes and Red Bull. Ocon's break was bad news for Nico Hulkenberg, who is still without an F1 race seat for next year. . Lance Stroll, son of the team's billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll, will remain at the team. Under a deal struck by F1's former boss Bernie Ecclestone before he was ousted by Liberty, There is a stipulation in the deal that the British Grand Prix is shown live on free-to-air, as well as highlights of all other races and qualifying sessions.

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There are, though, unanswered questions as to the effect of that on the health and sustainability of F1. Im not sure it would necessarily kill it if the price remains similar. Intriguingly, he will be a free agent at the end of next year at a time when some interesting options might be on the table. The word leaking out of F1 is that Rai did not come up with a satisfactory financial proposal. The company is controlled by Phạm Nhật Vượng who became Vietnam's first billionaire off the back of VinGroup's success in real estate. Alfa Romeo Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi Giovinazzi found form at exactly the right point in his first full F1 season.

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Hulkenberg is likely to be one of the great 'what if' cases in Formula One. Joining him for a fourth season will be Bottas, who Toto Wolff handed a one-year deal to safe in the knowledge that junior driver George Russell is progressing well at Williams. When F1 goes Sky-exclusive in 2019, it will get a huge boost in income - the deal is said to be worth upwards of £200m a year. F1's new bosses have talked about growing the sport. The potentially explosive pairing will hope Ferrari has a car capable of challenging for the title from the get-go in 2020. We are thrilled to be here in Hanoi, one of the most exciting cities in the world right now with such a rich history and an incredible future ahead of it.

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Formula 1 and the City of Hanoi today announce that a Grand Prix will be held in the Vietnamese capital from April 2020. It could be a vision of the sport's future in many more countries than that. Even before Hulkenberg ruled himself out of contention, Canadian F2 driver Nicholas Latifi has seemed the most logical candidate. The reliable Kvyat, who scored Toro Rosso a popular podium at the German Grand Prix, remains on for another season. But in Spain there is no free-to-air coverage, despite Fernando Alonso's status as a national hero, and a new deal has been struck with pay channel Movistar. Long term, having all their races behind paywalls in the whole world is a death sentence.

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