Bobby Epstein says he is now “highly confident” the Circuit of The Americas will be given a new contract to host the United States Grand Prix. That represents an upgrade from nearly a month ago, when the track’s chairman was “pretty optimistic” the Austin venue would remain on the Formula 1 schedule. For the 2022 calendar released recently, the US GP had an asterisk alongside it – along with Imola, Barcelona and Singapore – to denote the race was subject to a contract being finalised. Progress appears to have been made during this year’s visit to Texas, and frankly it would be a big surprise if a new arrangement was not rubber-stamped given the success of a grand prix...
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