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Formula 1 takes another step towards Latin America: Colombia, the new destination

Formula 1 takes another step towards Latin America: Colombia, the new destination

“What we can say is that the process is going very well, that incredibly Formula 1 is seriously considering the city of Barranquilla and progress has been made in all the previous steps before a final decision”Pumarejo told Blu Radio.

Until now, the version of the division in Barranquilla seemed more like an exaggeration by the late author Gabriel García Márquez, but the Pumarejo revelations are turning what seemed like a utopia into reality.

“They have already come to the city, they have found it comfortable, they have thought that here they can have a Grand Prix, very different from what they do in the rest of the world, where nature, the climate change effort that we are making in the city, it would be one of the most important points”said the mayor.

Likewise, Pumarejo assured that the authorities already “have two routes identified” and “both are approved.” The president of the third most important city in Colombia, the main one in the Atlantic region, announced that there are two street circuits, although he did not offer more details.

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Barranquilla is a modern city, with 1.2 million inhabitants, located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and a climate above 30 degrees Celsius, loaded with sea breezes.

It is both a sea and river port, given that within its geographical limits the country’s main river flows, the Magdalena, which rises in the Andes and merges with the sea in the Caribbean. The city is known as the “Golden Gate of Colombia”, since the development of the country entered through there, from aviation to the beer industry, and it is the only capital of Colombia not built by Italian immigrants, Arabs and English.

It is also the headquarters of the Colombian soccer team, while one of the most popular and lavish festivals on the continent, the Barranquilla Carnival, is held there annually.

In this city, considered a melting pot, his most illustrious daughter was also born, the international singer Shakira, the daughter of Lebanese immigrants.

Pumarejo explained that If the arrival of Formula 1 is arranged, the date in Barranquilla will be added to the calendar of the 2024 or 2025 season and its incorporation is negotiated for a period of ten years.

The current president of Colombia, the leftist Gustavo Petro, dismissed during the campaign the possibility of supporting the arrival of the highest category in Barranquilla, despite his links with that city, warning that there were other issues that deserved more importance.

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The mayor of Barranquilla assured that the arrival of the automobile tent would not imply an expense for the city or for the country, since the show itself would pay for itself, on account of the sale of tickets for the boxes during the three days of competition. , the valuation of buildings near the route and tourism.

“We are very close,” concluded Pumarejo, who opted for the arrival of some 120,000 fans, most of them foreigners, if the race takes place in the city.

Source: Ambito

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