Formula 1 is in the “final stages” of getting the proposed Miami Grand Prix deal across the line despite f🧸acing a “local political arena”, according to CEO Chase Car🉐ey.

F1 owner Liberty Media hop🙈es to expand the𝐆 championship’s presence in the United States by adding a second race to the calendar in Florida in 2021.

The plans have hit a number of major stumbling blocks after facing objection from locals, forcing F1 to abandon its original locati♉on for t๊he race in the downtown area of the city.

Earlier this week, F1 confirmed it has made 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:further changes to its plans in a bid to win over local support after hitting snags with its revised circuit loca✃tion, which is situated around the Miami Dolphins’ NFL stadium.

Speaking at the 2019 season-e🌃nding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Carey provided an update on the situation, saying: “We’re really down to a political process. The business aspects of it are pretty well finalised.

“There’s been a local political arena with divided views that we have to work our way through. I think it will get worked th𝓰rough pretty quickly because they’ve obviously had a series of meetings.

“We’re optimistic but nonetheless handicapped ꦅby local politics. It will be determined in the short-term how that gets resolved.”

A meeting over the plans with the Miami-Dade county commissioners was scheduled to take place on Wednesday (January 22), with a crucial vote set to determine the stadium’s rights to hold motor rac෴🌜ing events. 

While F1 hopes to overcome the final obstacles in the long-runn♎ing saga, Carey revealed there were other al⛦ternatives in the US if the Miami race did not come off as hoped.

“We are engaged in other opportunities in the US and that's not a negatiꩲve statement about Miami,” he said. 

"We are in the ඣfinal stages of getting over the line or not. We have the luxury of demand that exceeds supply."