F1 race director sees Vietnam on track for 2020 debut

File picture: Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) race director Charlie Whiting laughs during a media question and answer session ahead of the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race circuit, central England, July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Plans for a Vietnamese Grand Prix in 2020 look feasible, according to Formula One race director Charlie Whiting who visited the proposed site in Hanoi last week.

Whiting told reporters at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix that the location for a street circuit had been identified, to the west of the capital and some 12km from the city centre, even if building work had yet to start.