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Liberty: We will not be Americanising Formula 1

The United States can be a big growth area for Formula One but Liberty Media have no desire to ‘Americanise' the sport after the U.S. company's takeover, new F1 chairman Chase Carey said on Thursday. 'We didn't make this move because of America,' he told Sky Sports News the day after Liberty announced a deal, valued at $8 billion including debt, that will give the American media and telecoms business effective control. 'America is an opportunity, I think we can do a lot more in America, it's probably more long-term than short-term,' he added. 'Realistically it's a global sport. We're not trying to Americanise the sport. We have great respect for the European foundations of it. Europe...
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