The Barcelona City Council – governed by the PSC – has shown to the Generalitat its willingness to increase the current financial contribution to guarantee the competitiveness of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which Ada Colau (BComú) has reduced during her eight years as mayor . .
In an “official response”, following the announcement that Madrid will host the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2026 to 2035, both inclusive, the Barcelona City Council indicated that “the Circuit de Catalunya has a contract with F1 until the year 2026”.
“The Barcelona City Council maintains its commitment to the Circuit de Catalunya and makes clear its political, institutional and economic support throughout the negotiations led by the Government of the Generalitat, even expressing its willingness to increase the current financial contribution to guarantee the competitiveness of the Montmeló facility”, emphasizes the council.
He also emphasizes that, in recent years, “Barcelona’s participation has made it possible to bring the competition closer to citizens with events and spaces open to all, to bring Formula 1 closer to the general public.”
In 2016, Barcelona contributed 2 million euros to the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona) and in 2017, 3 million, but the governments of Mayor Ada Colau decided to reduce that amount. In 2018 there were 2.5 and in 2019, 1.5 million.
The president and CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali, pointed out on Tuesday that “Barcelona is Formula 1 and the work is being done to look beyond,” and did not rule out that the two events of the top motor competition could be together in Madrid and Barcelona. when asked about the future, during the event to announce that Madrid will host the Spanish F-1 Grand Prix.
The Generalitat of Catalonia emphasized that it “maintains a good relationship with F1” and that, in that sense, it is working to extend the long-term contract.
The Catalan Department of Business emphasized that the F1 contract still includes three more editions, so it considers that “there is a lot of space ahead.”
Source: La Verdad
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