Colombia could join F1 calendar in 2024 season?
Sep.23 - Colombia has become the latest country interested in joining Formula 1's ever-expanding race calendar.
With the publication of the official schedule for 2023, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said he was proud that "new venues" were signing up amid the "retention of traditional events".
One of the next 'new venues' in F1 could be the Colombian city of Barranquilla.
City mayor Jaime Pumarejo told Colombian radio Blu: "Representatives of Formula 1 have already visited the city and they like it.
"If the remaining issues are settled, hopefully we can talk about the 2024 or 2025 season. The contract will be signed for ten years," he said.
However, there is increasing tension between Formula 1's authorities and the teams.
A report in the British newspaper The Guardian said team bosses were left "angry and frustrated" when the new calendar was released.
Apparently, the arduous October-November triple-header through Austin, Mexico and Sao Paulo was set in stone without their approval.
One team source said it is "unacceptable", while the F1 owner Liberty Media was also reportedly unhappy that the announcement of a new deal with Monaco had to be rushed because of the timing of the calendar's release.
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No room.
So, who are the big investors, drug cartels or human smugglers? Columbia....are you serious? BTW, what happened to the Kyalami hype?
Probably in 2014.
I meant to type 2024, but somehow inadvertently typed 1 instead of 2.
Columbo?, damn him and that mac of his, Merc are drawing inspiration for next years car from that old Peugeot he drove
If the US would stick to one race like the rest of the world, there would be room for Kyalami and others. What happened to Morocco?
Kyalami will probably make a belated return in 2024 anyway, while Morocco has never really been a serious contender thus far.
Not only does the poisoned dwarf Aka Nicola Sturgeon want independence for Scotland shes not been seen in Flavs motorhome asking what it'll take to get a Gp in the granite city of Aberdeen, Flav wasn't too impressed with her offering of free Haggis as a bribe, Come on Peter lets have all the races in America, should keep the Dame gainfully employed at Merc for yrs to come
Retractable roof over track, pure wool tartan thermals for Flav, scotch pie oh and a barrel of single malt. That should do it.
Donald’s already offered to build the track on his golf course, sand traps already in place.
Oops don’t print that it’s top secret!
Stop ✋ taking shite
Flipe , baby stay cool, sarcasm passed you by in life ill guess then..!
Sarcasm is very un pc and hard to spell. Should Flipe have an e on the end?
The US now owns F1
Fortunately or unfortunately
They're doing what they want with their property
They believe that an American race or races will become more important than Monaco 🇲🇨
They own the Vegas race and are putting 200+ millions into a permanent income generating facility for tourists like Abu Dabi
Guessing Ferrari won't get a marketing tie in with this one
Oops
Bye Europe bye history bye F1 as you knew it
It will now be as any other US TV and sports spectacle
The erosion of the European bias that some Complain about has already started...
Make of it what you may
I am a true Scot and it pains me to say that the current cost of staging a Grand Prix is way beyond the economy of Scotland at present. A liason with Trumptwat would be a huge mistake
Scotland the Brave
Independence for all
As a true Scot, a relatively small country, you should be very proud to have given us Stewart and Clark, two of the best ever and neither one a silver spoon baby.
Ah Jim Clark, a sublime driver in any car. I was fortunate to see him in a Lotus Cortina at Brands Hatch leave the rest of the field miles behind and it looked like a Sunday afternoon drive.
I am proud to be a fellow scot with two of the best sporting racers of all time
I met Jackie at an international clay shooting competition in Carnoustie Scotland and was honored to shake his hand and chat with him
The Jim Clark museum is phenomenal now it is extended. Well worth a visit
Plenty of financial inducement there
Would help their economy including the oldest profession in the world and their business distribution networks
Cheap daily accommodation and low price fun
Are you talking about Scotland or Columbia J B?
Columbia you dickhead
Shame, Scotland’s a lot nearer.
My spelling maybe off , but my memory isn't , DR was poor in every car after Rb, I might be Sarcastic but at least i was blessed with intelligence
Right on the first four I think but in my humble opinion if you are sarcastic you are not being intelligent you are being clever, a far more useful asset.
School teachers always seemed to prefer intelligence over being clever as I was always being told not to be clever.
If any of the posters are teachers then that explains the problem with the lack of education 🤔 in today's world
If the teams are really angry and frustrated, and also find it unacceptable to continue expanding the number of races each season, then they should boycott the races that they find are unacceptable. Stop bowing and start bucking!
Liberty Media are interested only in making bigger profits for their business. The days when F1 was considered a sport have long since passed. It is only a business designed to make huge profits. Thanks for that, Bernie!
The planned race for Aberdeen has been shelved, and transferred to Inverness for the 2025 calendar. Nicola told me yesterday.
I had tea and scones with Nicola and she told me that you were just a big blether
Planned high tea 🍵 for next week. Updates to follow
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