IndyCar has poured chilly water on claims made by Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, who publicly introduced that the Colombian metropolis had secured an IndyCar occasion set for April 2028.
Talking on the launch of the Magdalena River Crossing—as initially reported by outstanding Colombian outlet Revista Semana—Mayor Char proclaimed that Barranquilla would host the collection alongside town’s Gran Malecón riverfront. He framed the potential occasion as a serious milestone for the area and a step towards increasing the collection internationally.
“IndyCar is coming to race right here,” Char said in the course of the announcement. “Will probably be racing outdoors of North America for the primary time, and in April 2028, IndyCar will race right here, proper by the river.”
Char emphasised the dramatic city transformation of the Magdalena riverbank. As soon as an industrial zone dominated by disconnected warehouses and business area, the revitalized waterfront was introduced because the centerpiece of a broader technique to place Barranquilla as a world vacation spot for tourism and premier worldwide sporting occasions.
Nonetheless, the sanctioning physique rapidly pushed again on the Mayor’s declarations, clarifying that any experiences of a finalized contract are totally untimely.
In a press release supplied to Motorsport.com, IndyCar made it clear that whereas exploratory talks have taken place, formal analysis of the venue has barely begun:
“We’re regularly approached by events concerned with discussing IndyCar racing internationally. We’ve met with representatives of Barranquilla in Indianapolis however haven’t but visited town ourselves. Whereas town is concerned with internet hosting an IndyCar race in 2028, we’re within the earliest phases of due diligence with this and different potential alternatives. We’re a great distance from an settlement and any assumption in any other case is untimely.”
Whereas Barranquilla management stays wanting to showcase its rejuvenated riverfront to a world motorsport viewers, IndyCar’s agency response confirms {that a} Colombian fixture is way from assured.
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