Is London GP Street Race Closer After Latest News, and Would It Be a Success?

By Neil James
at Internationaled.org

Published: July 17, 2014

The prospect of a London Grand Prix once again raised its head last week.

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Williams factory and announced rules governing motorsport events on public roads would be relaxed.

Currently, each event requires specific approval via legislation—a bill being passed through Parliament, which can be a long and laborious task even if everyone agrees. Any form of motorsport activity on a public road without such approval is illegal.

Under the proposal made by Cameron, control over such things would be passed to local authorities. This would allow much easier, cheaper and quicker approval of events—something the prime minister seemed keen to encourage. He said in a speech (h/t Auto Express):

We have a great tradition of motorsport in this country and today we are bringing British motor racing back to British roads, to benefit local communities.

As part of our long-term economic plan, we are backing our world-leading motorsport industry to support jobs, enhance skills and help us to build a more resilient economy.

After hearing Cameron's comments, F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone told the Press Association:

In the past we spoke to the old mayor and all sorts of people. It just depends on what we can come up with commercially because how are we going to fund it?

The news is good, but I don't know whether you'd have street racing because it's not cheap to put on something that's safe. Street racing is expensive. But if they ever get it together then we'll see what happens. At least it's a good sign, a step in the right direction.

But does it bring the London Grand Prix any closer to reality?

Ecclestone and his predecessors have long yearned for a race around the streets of central London. As reported by the BBC, he held talks in 2004 with then-London Mayor Ken Livingstone about bringing F...

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