Barcelona goes with everything for the continuity of the Formula 1. Your bet to convince those responsible for Liberty Media for the extension of the agreement with the Circuit of Catalonia beyond 2026 she is firm and determined.
Not only with the works that are in full swing in the facilities of Montmelóbut also with the purpose of fully involving the Catalan capital because the next Spanish Grand Prix of F1 (from 21 to 23 June 2024) breathe and feel on its streets.
The team of Jaume Collboniin contrast to the management of the previous council, will make a move to make this happen, even with budgets pending approval and with the risk of criticism that his decision may arouse among opposition groups.
And the conviction of those who believe that the city needs major sporting eventslike the Formula 1 o to America’s Cupgoes through the organization of a ‘Road Show‘ or exhibition that turns the heart of the Eixample into an incomparable advertisement for the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Barcelona road show. / DdG
It is not about competing with the proposal of an urban race in Madrid, of course, since that would be a contradiction with the development of the race in a place as safe, comfortable and appropriate as the Circuit. And also because, among other things, it is not the same to see single-seaters racing around a polygon with undeniable aspirations for urban requalification than with the background of the most emblematic buildings of Modernism.
An old project recovered
Years ago, the Circuit proposed to organize one official presentation of the season of F1 before the first GP of the calendar, with all the teams, drivers and single-seaters of the championship with the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc as an unparalleled setting. Something that had already been seen in the DTM years before in Germany, with a more than remarkable public success.
But the town council of Ada Colau never looked favorably on that proposal, which ended up unrealized.
Now, however, the idea of an exhibition of the competition’s single-seaters roaring in the center of the city is already much more than a project.
Will be few days before the GPprobably on Wednesday the 12th or the June 19 – with a date even to be decided officially, since Liberty Media has to coordinate all the teams after the race before the Catalan one – Canada, from June 7 to 9 – to bring their cars to this urban exhibition.
2024-04-04 14:03:11
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