Staying on the topic of Formula 1, there’s more for fans to look forward to as rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has agreed a deal that would bring the F1 circus to the streets of Rome. The street race has been in planning for over a year and a half, added course planner Maurizio Flammini.
“The agreement with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone to give life to the Rome Grand Prix has already been done and signed,” he told Sky Italia. “The appropriate course still has to be defined.”
Should it happen, Italy will join Spain in playing host to two GPs, as the Monza circuit is already a permanent fixture in the F1 calendar. Rome will join Monaco, Singapore and Valencia in the street race club.
I can already imagine the Scuderia’s scarlet car zoom past the Colosseum!
UPDATE: Organisers are targetting a 2012 entry into the F1 calendar.
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1st!
Now this I gotta watch for sure. A race in one of the most renowned cities in the world for its architectural beauty and historical significance.
hahaha this gonna be fun to watch ….crash again just like Singapore
it's about time………..this had been suggested many2 moons ago……..
bored with street race. less and less opportunity for overtaking, just like singapore. u can overtake during pitwork, bahh, lame….
I would say Rome is a better decision compare to Valencia. We have the hsitorical Rome city with Colloseum, Singapore with night race, the herritage Monte Carlo in Monaco. Valencia, nah.. just a plain dull port.
Perhaps Bernie should reconsider Valencia and give place to other venue.
i hate street race….very boring , many accidents , no overtaking…i tink f1 is taking the wrong direction…bt bernie is a sucker for money, whoever pays , will get a race….
how they going to pave the Rome'a bricks road?????
So which track to loose out?
Bernie wants to target 38 races/calander year is it? Like EPL.
Of course more tracks=more income for him but also cost will increase.
LOL IMAGINE A CRASH