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Media reports suggest Bernie Ecclestone could take over Long Beach's iconic street race in California, after Indycar's contract expires next year.
The magazine Motorsport said the race's founder, Chris Pook, is also interested in the Ecclestone deal, as is Zak Brown, the head of the leading F1 sponsorship agency Just Marketing.
"There's a lot of talk about a third (US) race on the west coast," Zak Brown said. "I'm an advocate of F1 buying the Long Beach GP. I think I can facilitate that and I've been having those conversations."
Live again Niki Lauda's victory with McLaren in 1982, at the Long Beach circuit.
Media reports suggest Bernie Ecclestone could take over Long Beach's iconic street race in California, after Indycar's contract expires next year.
The magazine Motorsport said the race's founder, Chris Pook, is also interested in the Ecclestone deal, as is Zak Brown, the head of the leading F1 sponsorship agency Just Marketing.
"There's a lot of talk about a third (US) race on the west coast," Zak Brown said. "I'm an advocate of F1 buying the Long Beach GP. I think I can facilitate that and I've been having those conversations."
Live again Niki Lauda's victory with McLaren in 1982, at the Long Beach circuit.