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Hellmund linked with new US race and F1 team investment

An increasingly prominent paddock figure at the last couple of races has been Tavo Hellmund who has close ties to Bernie Ecclestone, the 49-year-old American was the initial driving force behind the project to bring F1 back to the US in Austin. No longer part of the promotional team after an acrimonious split, Hellmund nonetheless attended last weekend's race in Texas. And now he is also in Mexico City. Less well known is that Hellmund, whose late father was a member of the organising team when Mexico returned to the F1 calendar in the eighties, was also instrumental in the revival of the track and race for 2015 and beyond. 'Mexico was always part of the plan when I cut the deal with...
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