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US Grand Prix 'subject to agreement' on 2016 F1 calendar

The future of the struggling U.S. Grand Prix was thrown into further doubt Wednesday when the 2016 Formula One calendar listed the race as 'subject to agreement' with the promoter. Officials at the Circuit of the Americas have said they are financially strapped after storms wiped out much of the 2015 race weekend and by news the Texas governor's office is cutting public funding by about 20 percent. The 2016 race calendar released by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council still has the race scheduled for Oct. 23 but with an asterisk. 'The USA's slot remains provisional,' the FIA said. Track officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S. Grand Prix has been...
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