The head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macriannounced the return of MotoGP to the Buenos Aires metropolis after 28 years, in addition to a redesign of the Oscar and Juan Gálvez Autodromewith the aim that I also know about the return of the Formula 1 To the country.
During a press conference that gave on the main line of the Racetrack that will house the MotoGP from 2027, Macri He acknowledged that “it is a day of great joy, it is a pride to announce this expected news, which is the return of the MotoGP in 2027”.
“Buenos Aires knew how to be the capital of motor racing and motorcycling in the region and today begins to recover this place. We return almost 30 years later to enjoy those machines running more than 300 kilometers per hour”Macri continued.
So that I know about the arrival of MotoGP to the Buenos Aires Citya redesign of the Racetrack In October or November that will expand capacity to 150 thousand spectators“What raises a very relevant work and a different look.”
From the City governmentthey also explained that “The value of the autodrome is another step for the development of the southern zone … The Government promotes an alliance with the private sector so that the South becomes ‘the new city center’ generating homes, infrastructure, a new entertainment and logistics pole where more than 700 thousand people live.”
“We challenge ourselves to go for more. This is the first step to apply for the city of Buenos Aires as the headquarters of Formula 1”Macri said.
Regarding the economic benefits it will leave for the City of Buenos Aires, Macri detailed: “Each Grand Prix generates an estimated amount of 150 million dollars, which brings development and work.”
The first edition of Argentina Grand Prix in it Oscar and Juan Gálvez Autodrome It was carried out in 1961 and was the winner of the local pilot Jorge Kissling. It was also played in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999.
In recent years, the Río Hondo Termas Circuit It was the seat of Argentina’s GP uninterrupted except for 2020, 2021 (both by the Covid-19) and 2024 pandemic.
Currently the Argentina has no representatives in the main category of MotoGPalthough it has Valentín Perrone settled in Moto 3 (the smaller cylinder category) already Marco Morelliwho is taking his first steps.
He Argentina Grand Prix will be done in the Buenos Aires City At least until 2030with the possibility of extending the agreement.
How will the remodeling of the Buenos Aires Autodrome
Who will be in charge of the project to remodel the Buenos Aires Autodrome It will be his own Hermann Tilkethe engineer responsible for designing and modifying the circuits of the Formula 1 in the last 30 years; and the head of the local promoter, the OSD Group, Orly Terranova. The necessary expense is still unknown since it would not have yet defined the variant of those offered by Tilke on which it will end up working
It will be a circuit of some 5,000 meters With a completely new concept. It would be a new version of circuit 8 or 6 and its reforms would eliminate classic sectors of 9 such as the vivorita, the drawer, the ombú curve, the descent Juan María Traverso, also known as the “slide” and Senna’s S.
The new circuit, in addition to being approved by the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM), it would be from Grade 2 of the International Automobile Federation (FIA)that is, it would meet the conditions to receive any category except Formula 1.
The works They will begin Between September and December at the latest. The work would take more than a year and in that period The autodrome will be closed.
Source: Ambito
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