London GP given the green light

F1 cars may soon be racing on London streets

The British Government has announced that it will allow hosting motor racing on public roads. The decision is seen as one that will open the gates for a planned London GP.

The planned race, will be styled around the Monaco Grand Prix, that sees FIA hosting a F1 race on public roads. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been a long time fan of implementing an event in the city of London.

A detailed 3.2 mile-long track has been reportedly planned for the event. The track planned for the event as of yet, will include iconic London places like Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace along the route.

The proposed route for the London GP

Making the announcement, prime minister David Cameron said: "I can announce today that we are going to enable more road races for GB motor sport. We think this will be really useful to British motor sport: more races, more events, more money coming into the country and more success for this extraordinary industry."

Britain already has a GP, the British Grand Prix, that happens in June every year at the Silverstone Circuit. The British GP was first started in 1926, and along with the Italian GP, holds the record for the oldest continuously staged F1 Grand Prix.

Bernie Ecclestone had first brought up the prospect of a London GP back in 2012. "It's no joke, 100% completely no joke," he said. "With the way things are, maybe we would front it and put the money up for it. If we got the OK and everything was fine, I think we could do that."

There has been no announcement yet as of yet from Federation Internationale de Automobile (FIA) regarding the starting of this event in London.