System 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has mentioned that negotiations are progressing effectively over a possible return of the African Grand Prix sooner or later, whereas additionally revealing that enlargement into different markets stays firmly on the agenda.
The final time System 1 raced in Africa was in 1993, when Alain Prost claimed victory within the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami behind the wheel of his Williams. Since then, the championship has developed into an more and more international sequence, with the calendar now that includes 24 Grands Prix throughout 5 continents: Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania. Africa, nevertheless, stays the one inhabited continent that has not hosted a System 1 race for greater than 30 years.
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Chatting with GPblog amongst different worldwide media, Domenicali mentioned System 1 is making encouraging progress in its efforts to deliver a Grand Prix again to Africa. He additionally revealed that the championship stays in talks with potential hosts throughout a number of areas, together with South America and the Far East, whereas Portugal and Türkiye are among the many venues being thought of for future editions of the calendar.
Though there’s sturdy curiosity from a number of venues in China, he defined that System 1 intends to stay with a single race there in the meanwhile in an effort to additional strengthen its place available in the market earlier than contemplating any enlargement.
“What I can say, negotiations are progressing very effectively in Africa. By the best way, I overlook as a result of it is so rapidly issues are occurring that subsequent yr we’ve got once more Portugal, we’ve got once more Türkiye which can be new. So as soon as once more, different locations that can host a Grand Prix sooner or later.
“We’re having different dialogue in South America. We have now dialogue within the Far East. And one factor that I can let you know that we’ve got extra requests than China and Japan, however for the second we wish to stick with one races in China as a result of we have to consolidate the market stronger earlier than considering to produce other possibility there.”
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Domenicali revives talks over potential German GP return at Hockenheim
In the identical interview, Domenicali additionally addressed the potential of a future German Grand Prix, revealing that System 1 has resumed discussions with representatives from Hockenheim over a possible long-term return to the calendar.
He defined that renewed momentum has come from the championship’s rising recognition in Germany, helped by its new broadcast settlement with RTL. Domenicali added that growing curiosity from broadcasters forward of the following media rights tender is one other indication that System 1 continues to strengthen its place in Europe, a area he described as one of many sport’s most essential markets.
“For the primary time, we’re reconnected with the potential of having contact with the Hockenheim folks to see if, sooner or later, long run, not brief time period, they will have a race again. Now, with the deal we’re having with RTL, you realize, the numbers getting completely different. And within the new tender on the German market, we could have for the primary time a couple of operator that’s to be a part of this tender. So it is one other signal that, in Europe, that’s our essential market, the eye is getting even larger.”
