Formula 1's owners remain hopeful of salvaging a deal that will keep the German Grand Prix on the calendar for 2019. Liberty media were forced to shelve plans for a street race in Miami, and a failure to renew a deal with Hockenheim will see the number of races fall next year, despite the American group's intention to bolster the schedule further. Hockenheim's contract with F1 expires this year, the circuit having hosted the German GP in even--numbered alternate years with the Nurburgring - although the latter circuit has not hosted F1 since 2014 due to similar financial restraints. This year's Hockenheim race was well-attended compared to previous events at the circuit and featured a huge...
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