Formula One's ideal future will see Asian, American and female drivers battling for glory on race circuits around the world, the sport's chief executive Chase Carey told AFP on Wednesday.
Carey announced that Vietnam capital Hanoi will become only the fourth Southeast Asian nation to host a Formula One race, after Malaysia, Singapore, and India when it hosts a race for the first time in 2020.
While the move is part of F1's strategy to move into markets where it hopes to groom a new generation of fans, and boost revenues, Carey hopes the spin-off is the emergence of drivers of different nationalities.
"We want to provide opportunities for drivers of different nationalities from around the world," he told AFP.
"We'd love to have a Chinese driver, an American driver, a female driver, a Vietnamese driver, all be part of our future.
"We'd love nothing better than to have races around the world, to have teams and drivers from around the world."
"Being in Asia is certainly a cornerstone to our long-term growth strategy."
"As much as anything, it's important to have a long-term perspective, I think in the past there was a bit of a short-term view towards many of the things we did."
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