London Formula One race: Olympic stadium in bid to host F1 showpiece race 22nd Jun 2012 9:06am | By Motorsport writer Formula One could feature another British round of the world championship - one staged at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. The idea is one of four bids accepted for consideration by the London Legacy Development Corporation. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said that he was interested in staging the race if the bid was successful. “This is a firm that happened to be bidding for use of the stadium, not to own it. They came up with a scheme whereby Formula One would race around the stadium, inside it, outside it. They wanted to make sure I would be interested,” he told the Telegraph.