Farewell, Rome GP. The city administration has made "step backwards" in recent days ventilated, and has effectively closed the curtain on the ambitious project of the race that was supposed to contend Eur. The decision was announced this morning by the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, at a press conference convened specifically to make the announcement of the official withdrawal of the design of the F1 GP.The sporting spotlight in Rome, at this point, choose another path: that delleOlimpiadi 2020. "Let's give up to pursue the dispute of the Grand Prix Euro - Reiterates Alemanno - At the same time, we announce that Rome is a candidate to be the site of the Olympics to be held in nine years", said Alemanno, while calling a specific commitment the Government.
In other words: one door closes, but opens a door. Behind all this there is, according to the mayor of the capital, the willingness to put LaParola "fine" in a controversy that has dragged on for several months. More or less since he was presented the project of the route of the GP, identified and organized by the Flammini Group Eur.
To argue against the hypothesis of the Capitoline contest, local Brianza (Monza Municipality in the head), who saw in the Roman race, a new case of "competition in Rome against the North." But ecomitati neighborhood associations, concerned about the possible environmental impact and disruption to the movement that would be brought by the presence of F1 in the capital.
In recent weeks, then was given a case scheduled for the end of August 2013. That is to say, fifteen days before the dispute of the Monza Grand Prix, a clear sign of threat of competition for Monza. That the design of GP in Rome had been carried out, even amid molteperplessità - mainly political - is clear.
However, the balance began to shift more towards the "no" last week. Soon after, ie, the "brake" operated by the owner of the greatest Formula, Bernie Ecclestone, as to whether the two races on Italian soil. In essence, two races were too many. "The teams want to keep the number of calls to no more than twenty per season, with greater presence in the U.S.
- Ecclestone had explained in a letter addressed to the same Gianni Alemanno - for the moment, therefore, can not think of a second Grand Prix in Italy. " Before cold shower for the design of GP Eur. But hope was provided in part by the same Ecclestone: "The hypothesis of the Rome Grand Prix would be feasible if you delete from Monza World Championship calendar, or if you would create a tradeoff between Monza and Rome." Difficult to pursue opportunities for the historicity of the Monza Autodrome, considered untouchable, and political obstacles put in place by local governments and by some citizens of the euro, these months of troubled gestation of the project.
Hence the final solution, but Alemanno had already anticipated in the aftermath of the indication Ecclestone: "At this point it is clear that is a reflection - said the mayor of Rome - In any case, before communicating the decision we emphasize we have always said that, assuming an alternative between Monza and Rome, we were immediately ready to take a step back.
" The backlash has arrived. We will focus on the Olympics. Those, at least, will have no internal competition.
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