Aug.6 (GMM) Italian GP officers are assured they’re heading down the street in the direction of a brand new Method 1 race deal.
La Gazzetta dello Sport experiences 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 venture that the Autodromo must endure to make sure it stays on the Method 1 calendar,” the famend Italian newspaper mentioned.
Monza’s present contract with Method 1 runs out after the 2025 version. “The street to renewal,” La Gazzetta dello Sport warned, “is just not over but.”
Nevertheless, Geronimo La Russa, president of the Vehicle 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’ll proceed to be a protagonist of the world championship even after 2025.”
Italian car membership (Aci) president Angelo Sticchi Damiani agrees: “We wish this race monitor to be trendy and never only for one week a yr.”
He famous that the contract of the opposite Italian venue on the F1 calendar, Imola, can be set to run out subsequent yr. “Are two grands prix in Italy nonetheless doable after 2026?” Damiani requested rhetorically.
“The dream (of two Italian races) has already come true, let’s hope now that it continues.”
