While F1 needs to additional enhance the quantity of Grands Prix and declares that it’s prepared to do with out sure historic races, so as to goal new markets, a path already taken for just a few years, Michel Boeri, the boss of the Automobile Club Monégasque (ACM), organizer of the Monaco Grand Prix, needed to reassure the followers on Tuesday throughout the conventional normal assembly of the physique of commissioners, which precedes the three occasions which is able to happen in the Principality in the coming weeks (e-Prix, GP historical past and F1 GP).
“In the press, we mentioned difficulties after this edition, that is to say from next year, to continue to organize Grands Prixhe said in Monaco Gazettewhile the contract between the ACM and Liberty Media ends this year. It was implied that Liberty Media’s asking prices were too excessive for Monaco and that the Grand Prix would no longer be done. It’s totally false ! »
“We are still in discussions with them and we must now concretize by signing a contracthe added. I can guarantee you that after 2022 the Grand Prix will continue to take place. I don’t know if the contract will be for three or five years, but that’s detail. »
“You have to take into consideration the historical past, but additionally the spectacle provided”
Zak Brown, McLaren boss
A number of days in the past, after the official arrival of the Las Vegas GP subsequent 12 months, Zak Brown, the American CEO of McLaren, questioned the future of the Monegasque race for Reuters: “Monaco has at all times been the most glamorous half of F1. I believe Miami, Singapore, Las Vegas are beginning to add some fairly glamorous markets. I imagine Monaco wants to align with the identical business phrases as different Grands Prix and possibly additionally want to work on methods to adapt their monitor, as a result of as our automobiles have gotten larger, racing has gotten tougher. We should take into consideration the story, but additionally the spectacle provided. There can be a component, which mustn’t information our selections however which ought to be taken under consideration, particularly the financial contribution to the self-discipline. I’d slightly have Monaco than not have it… however simply as the Championship is greater than a driver or a group, I believe it is larger than a Grand Prix. »