The British grand prix may not hold in 2020 despite the fact that the current formula one drivers champion Louis Hamilton is a British international and not forgetting the huge success of the 2018 edition where Sebastian vettel came out victorious.

Ross Brawn says it is “frustrating” that Formula 1 and Silverstone have so far failed to reach an agreement to save the British Grand Prix.

The circuit’s contract expires after this year’s race and talks on a new deal has stalled.

“We want to find a solution with Silverstone,” F1 managing director Brawn said. “But we are differing in our views of what’s reasonable.

“We’re not far apart. It’s frustrating that we can’t find a solution.”

Relations between the two parties cooled further in January when Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle organised a statement from F1 race organizers criticizing the sports management.

Brawn said that F1 was determined to ensure a British Grand Prix remained on the calendar.

He said: “I don’t think it will be the final British Grand Prix. Whether that’s at Silverstone or not is another matter.”

And he gave what might be interpreted as a thinly veiled threat that F1 could look elsewhere for a venue by making reference to a time between the 1960s to 1980s when Silverstone used to alternate as the race’s host with the Brands Hatch track in Kent.

“Racing in the UK is important to us and obviously Silverstone has been the home of the British Grand Prix for the last few years,” Brawn said at a pre-season news conference, “but most of us here can remember it being held at Brands Hatch and it didn’t seem that strange that we had a race at Brands Hatch one year and Silverstone the next.

“We are determined to make sure we keep a British Grand Prix, and hopefully at Silverstone, but there’s no certainty.”

F1’s owners, the US group Liberty Media, have considered a race in London, and sources say a street track in the Docklands area, close to where a race in the all-electric Formula E series will be held next year is under consideration.

Brawn said: “London would be a different race than the British GP. It is a city race. There is a place for both.