London Grand Prix: Could It Really Happen?

The possibility of a Formula 1 race around the streets of London has once again been raised.

A fantasy circuit created by banking giant (and sponsor of everything, it appears) Santander, created with input from McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, features a 5.1-kilometre blast around some of the city's most famous landmarks.

Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Trafalgar Square are all driven past or around on the central London track, a video of which is available on Santander's LGP2012 website.

It probably wasn't supposed to be taken seriously—one would struggle to drive a Mini safely around the layout they came up with—but it's generated a lot of interest and prompted muc...

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