Silverstone is pushing for a new British Grand Prix race date on the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship calendar to avoid clashes with big sporting events on the same weekend.
At the British grand prix, Lewis Hamilton complained that his home race had not been scheduled to avoid competing for air-time with the cricket world cup and Wimbledon finals.
Silverstone's owner, the BRDC, is now pushing for a new race date for 2020.
"We are putting forward our preferences and Formula 1 are co-operating with us," managing director Stuart Pringle told inews.
However, he said a potential 'no deal Brexit' outcome could complicate that rescheduling, "I'm sympathetic to F1's concerns about Brexit and the impact of a hard Brexit on queues at the border next year."
"I agree with them that back-to-back races with a European race next year would introduce risk that is not acceptable."
Notably, on the motorsport calendar, this past weekend was also the Formula E championship finale in New York as was Indycar's championship race in Toronto.
Big Question: Why don't other sports shift their dates not to clash with #BritishGP?
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