12/10/2024 15:43hs.
Taking advantage of the boom that is being generated with the presence of Franco Colapinto in the Formula 1politics saw the light and rose, as usually happens when the lights of the Máxima return to illuminate, in some way, our country. Daniel ScioliSecretary of the Environment, Sports and Tourism of the Nation, confirmed this Saturday that on November 1 he will meet in San Pablo with those responsible for the category, taking advantage of the Interlagos Grand Prix in which Colapa will race with Williams.
“We have a meeting scheduled in San Pablo on the subject of Formula 1. Argentina is prepared to bring it, with private investments. We are going to ask them why they have to come to the country.. In addition to the importance of Franco Colapinto,” Scioli said on Radio Miter.
Argentina is prepared to bring it, with private investments (Daniel Scioli)
Due to the boom, Colapinto takes advantage to discuss the issue of F1 in the country.
“We are going to move forward because in Argentina the conditions exist, through private investment, to be able to cover the expenses and logistics required by an event with global impact and job creation,” added the former motorcyclist. The meeting, he said, will be with authorities from Liberty, FIA and the Automobile Club.
When and where do you aim for the Argentine GP in Formula 1?
Beyond some crazy dreams/projects that have been heard, the feasible scenario is the Autódromo de Buenos Aires, to which, of course, we will have to put quite a few millions into it to adapt it to the demands of F1. The year? It aims for 2027.
“The truth is that yes, we are working for 2027. In the meeting we had with Daniel (Scioli) we defined that if the country continues going down this path, The City of Buenos Aires is advancing as it is doing and the works can be carried out at the Autodromo“, plus the icing on the cake that would be having an Argentine driver on the grid, there would only be all the conditions met to have a Formula 1 Grand Prix again,” explained Eugenio Breard, president of the Automobile Sports Commission (CDA). , to Carburando.
The truth is that yes, we are working for 2027 (Eugenio Breard, ACA).
The idea, then, seems to be there (at least it sounds logical in a logical scenario). Although it is not just about proposing it and getting the Grand Prize. Not even if the money is there (it is estimated at 30 to 40 million dollars to ensure the arrival of a race plus all the necessary investment in infrastructure to put the circuit in condition). Today, the calendar is 24 annual tests, with no signs of any being lowered. Likewise, by 2027 there is still…Is everything possible? No, but nothing is impossible.
The failed operations to bring Formula 1 to the country
The first time of Formula 1 in Argentina was in 1953three years after the creation of the category, with a Juan Manuel Fangio protagonist of the Great Circus that was not yet so great. It was raced until ’58 and then in ’60. After a long hiatus, F1 returned for ten years from ’71 to ’81 (Lola Reutemann He fought for the ’81 championship; He was second in the Gálvez behind Nelson Piquet, then champion) except in ’76. The last stage occurred from ’95 to ’98, with Michael Schumacher as the last winner. The first, in ’53, was Alberto Ascari.
In total, they disputed 21 races -all at the Oscar and Juan Gálvez from Buenos Aires-, being Fangio the only national winnerwith four consecutive victories from 54 to 57.
Given the absence in the 80s, Bringing F1 to the country was an obsession for Carlos Menem, president for two terms, from 89 to 99.. Although the Rioja native achieved it, his first project failed. An engineer, Luis Ruzzi, proposed build a street circuit in the Palermo Forests for the intended GP of ’93. However, the impossibility of making it happen and the refusal of environmental groups They quickly ruined the chance.
At last, The one that did materialize was the most logical, at the Autodromowith a contract from 95 to 98, with triumphs of Damon Hill (2), Jacques Villeneuve and the named of Schumacher. The following year the GP fell apart because there were two groups that went with different proposals than Bernie Ecclestonethe boss of the category, who in the end got tired of the manipulations and money that did not appear and canceled it.
Years later, with the presidency of Cristina Kirchnerthe president herself announced in an event the very certain possibility – and even with dates – of organizing the Argentine GP from 2013 to 2015 in Mar del Plataon a route to be built from scratch in the North Breakwater. The project, of course, was born badly since They did not provide the measures to make a circuit in that area. Olé titled Formula Smokewhich was really right from the end of the aforementioned idea.
Therefore, the question arises: Will the smoke continue or will the flame of the passion of the Máxima be lit again in the country?
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