Aug.6 (GMM) Italian GP officers are assured they’re heading down the highway in the direction of a brand new Formulation 1 race deal.
La Gazzetta dello Sport stories that Monza has efficiently met its deadline for required improve works within the nick of time, with the 2024 Italian GP scheduled for late August.
The fabled circuit’s floor has been utterly re-asphalted, the pitlane has been overhauled and infrastructure work has been modernised.
“The works are half of a bigger modernisation mission that the Autodromo should bear to make sure it stays on the Formulation 1 calendar,” the famend Italian newspaper mentioned.
Monza’s present contract with Formulation 1 runs out after the 2025 version. “The highway to renewal,” La Gazzetta dello Sport warned, “isn’t over but.”
Nonetheless, Geronimo La Russa, president of the Car membership of Milan, talking at Monza on Monday, is assured.
“The Monza GP is an icon of Italy on this planet,” he mentioned. “I’m sure that it’s going to proceed to be a protagonist of the world championship even after 2025.”
Italian vehicle membership (Aci) president Angelo Sticchi Damiani agrees: “We wish this race observe to be fashionable and never only for one week a 12 months.”
He famous that the contract of the opposite Italian venue on the F1 calendar, Imola, can be set to run out subsequent 12 months. “Are two grands prix in Italy nonetheless attainable after 2026?” Damiani requested rhetorically.
“The dream (of two Italian races) has already come true, let’s hope now that it continues.”
