US Grand Prix is news to Branson
Posted on 14/06/2010
 Richard Branson says he would welcome a US Grand Prix |
Sir Richard Branson said he would like to see a grand prix in the United States, forgetting that one has already been scheduled for Texas in 2012.
"The US market is extremely important," the Virgin boss told the La Presse newspaper at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
"We have a cell phone company here in Canada, our airline will fly to Toronto soon and we will invest in the Canadian investment community. But we must also go to the United States," Branson insisted. "I think the best places would be San Francisco, or the streets of Las Vegas."
When told that F1 is already scheduled to be in Texas in a couple of years, he answered: "Texas? Yeah, ok, but I would still go to Vegas. Imagine the cars on the Strip."
Formula One did hold a Las Vegas Grand Prix at Caesars Palace back in 1981 and 1982 but it was unpopular amongst drivers and failed to draw big crowds.
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