Carmelo Ezpeleta warned: the calendar for the 2020 season must be finalized in broad terms by mid-June. Counting on a retreating coronavirus. We know that Jerez is the promised land to launch hostilities on July 19. This Spanish Grand Prix will then be followed by an Andalusian Grand Prix on the same track, the following weekend, on the 26th. And then? Here's the perspective, with Italy in it.
Jerez will receive two Grand Prix and two successive weekends for the great joy of a Andalusia who hopes for discharge from the Spanish government. Then, direction Brno for a Grand Prix of the Czech Republic which has always been awaited for the 9 August. Once done, head to Red Bull Ring who should also organize two meetings. And after ?
Then looms Misano, which brings Italy into the dance. We will then be the September 13, which implies that neither Silverstone, not more than Le Mans are hoped for... For the meeting on the shores of the Adriatic, the words of the president of the Emilia-Romagna region gave great confidence to the men of the Misano world circuit Marco Simoncelli. “ The words of President Stefano Bonaccini are a powerful stimulus to continue the work we have done in recent weeks to keep the Grand Prix of San Marino and the Rimini Riviera on the calendar from September 11 to 13 », we read on Tutomotoriweb.
Health and economic factors
There are two factors to resolve: the first of a health nature and it will be necessary to understand the evolution of the infection between now and the end of the summer. The second is of an economic nature and is perhaps paradoxically the most sensitively relevant. “ Regarding economic sustainability, it must be said that the promoters, the Republic of San Marino, the Emilia Romagna Region, the Province of Rimini and the Misano World Circuit, are determined and convinced of finding the solution that will allow the organization of the Grand Prix. It is an event capable of transmitting to the whole world the image of a territory alive from a tourist point of view, already in motion with its hotel industry. »
« Promotional projects have already been outlined, there is the full collaboration of the television platform so that what is objectively a difficulty can be transformed into the best possible opportunity. There is daily contact with Dorna and with its CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, we are open to all solutions » we assure. The problem is the organization of the meeting behind closed doors.
Overall, however, there is some optimism and it is not crazy to assume that the San Marino Grand Prix will be held regularly or perhaps on another date to be decided based on the new calendar that Dorna prepared. “ Today we are optimistic, the Grand Prix of San Marino and Rimini Riviera is a prospect, without a doubt »
Then there would be Aragon et Valencia to finish. Unless an overseas expedition can be organized? It would then be Sepang and Thailand. But in these regions, closed doors are prohibitive: “ we are heavily dependent on revenues from ticket sales, food and beverages, trading and distribution, etc. If the doors remain closed, the active balance sheet items are canceled " commented Razlan Razali.
« We are considering the possibility of a closed-door event, but we are waiting for Dorna to engage with us on this » finishes the Malaysian. It means that Dorna should put his hand in his pocket, but Carmelo Ezpeleta has already suggested that this is not possible...
