Bernie Ecclestone visited Greek capital city Athens at the weekend. The F1 supremo inspected the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, a venue for the Olympic Games in 2004, as a possible site of a future Grand Prix.

Located at Elliniko, the site - formerly an international airport - was earlier ruled out as a possible F1 site as authorities wanted to turn it into a housing area.

But Ecclestone is thought to favour Hellinikon, as it is 80km closer to Athens than another possible venue, Orchomenos.

“It is a beautiful location,” Greek journalist Dmitris Papadopoulos told the Guardian newspaper. “It's overlooking the water and could be made into a parkland circuit like the Albert Park track in Melbourne. It would be the best possible prospect for a Greek Grand Prix.”