A principal agreement with Monza has been signed by F1 and Liberty Media, while Silverstone updates that the talks on their front still continues on.
Tuesday threw open the talk about four F1 grand prix circuits as various reports started to circulate regarding its future course. The biggest one was the apparent signing of British GP at Silverstone by Liberty Media for three seasons until 2022.
However, the circuit media team were quick to squash those rumours down stating that talks are still on. “Unfortunately there is unsubstantiated news circulating this morning regarding the agreement of a new deal for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
“At this time we can confirm that we have not agreed a contract however talks are still progressing,” their statement stated. While the Silverstone drama was ongoing, a fresh report started to circulate regarding Circuit Zanvoort and Circuit de Catalunya.
The major story around that was Zandvoort eventually replacing Barcelona as early as 2020, with the Dutch GP making its return, with the Spanish GP on its way out from F1. While the Dutch GP news has been doing rounds, the Spanish GP comes as a surprise.
In fact, it was only in March when Chase Carey met with Catalan President Quim Torra and Circuit President Vicenc Aguilera, where the circuit showed the ‘will’ to continue hosting the grand prix beyond its current date as negotiations kick-started between the two.
It is well known that the country is facing issues especially with the division of Spain and Catalonia as the latter asks for independence. It remains to be seen how it pans out with none involved – namely Barcelona and Zandvoort stating anything.
Apart from the three circuits, there was an official news regarding the Italian GP at Monza though, with the signing of ‘principal agreement’ between Automobile Club of Italy (ACI) and Liberty Media for the circuit to host the F1 race from 2020 until 2024 season.
The statement said: “No venue has hosted more World Championship Grands Prix than Monza, and that legacy looks set to continue after the Automobile Club of Italy (ACI) reached an agreement in principle for a new five-year deal for the Italian Grand Prix.
“The proposed new deal will run from 2020 to 2024, after the general counsel of the ACI gave mandate to President Angel Sticchi Damiani to keep negotiating with F1 on all technical and commercial matters related to the partnership in order to reach a formal signature of the agreement as soon as possible.”
