The eventual fate of the Italian Grand Prix has been secured with another three-year bargain amongst F1 and the Monza circuit.
Race coordinators have been in extended exchanges with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone over another arrangement throughout the previous two years.
A budgetary understanding has now been come to and Monza will keep on hosting the race until no less than 2019.
The agreement was declared at a news gathering with Italian PM Matteo Renzi on Friday.
The Italian Grand Prix is the most seasoned race on the timetable – Monza’s history goes back to its first race in 1921.
Be that as it may, the agreement can’t yet be finished in light of a legitimate question including the opponent Imola circuit, which had been in chats with F1 about assuming control over the race. Sticchi Damiani, nonetheless, figured out how to draw together the different political groups that supervise Monza – the locale of Lombardy, the urban communities of Milan and Monza, and the Park Authority – to guarantee the cash could be found.
Ecclestone said: “Regretfully, legally, we can’t sign it here – but more important is that we have an agreement thanks to our lawyers and we are getting all the small details sorted.
“There is no problem in having the race here. The contract will be for three years but I hope we are here for 100 years.”
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel added: “We all love this track. It is a fantastic track with a fantastic atmosphere.
“We should even race here if there was a bad deal for whoever is cashing in – Monza has to stay on the calendar, because it means more than just cash, it means history, tradition, racing, enthusiasm, Ferrari.”
Regardless of Imola tossing its cap into the ring, Sticchi Damiani has dependably been agreeable to the excellent prix staying at Monza, which has organized the race each year since F1’s origin in 1950 bar 1980, when Imola played host.
In spite of the fact that the likelihood of a lawful test from Imola has been mooted, Sticchi Damiani waved his hand in a contemptuous signal when that was put to him
