Mercedes Formula 1 team driver Lewis Hamilton will "speed past some of London’s most iconic landmarks" next week as F1 "descends on the capital ahead of the British Grand Prix," according to the PA. The demonstration run, "the first of its sort in London for more than a decade," will take place on Wednesday -- four days before the Silverstone race -- following a "series of discussions" involving F1 owner Liberty Media, City Hall and Westminster City Council. Specific details of the demo "will be formally announced just 48 hours before the event after a number of London authorities expressed their concerns over excessive crowd numbers bringing the city to a standstill." The parade, which will involve all 10 teams, "will take place from Trafalgar Square, along Whitehall and up to Parliament Square." The demonstration fits with F1 CEO Chase Carey's "mantra of turning each grand prix into a week-long event, emulating the Super Bowl." A new law was passed in April allowing motorsports to take place on public roads across England for the first time (PA, 7/5).
