What starts on August 28 could be the last Grand Prix of Spa-Francorchamps in Formula 1, at least for a few years. “Merit”, with sarcasm evidently, of economic and contractual issues. The same that are the cause and consequence of the popularity of Formula 1, which bring benefits but also unpopular choices. Farewell to Spa would certainly be one of them.
If on the side of the fans, however, the outcry in favor of the Belgian circuit makes sense and coherence, the rhetoric on the cowardly money by the drivers clashes a bit with the hefty salaries they receive. An example of this contradiction was given by Lando Norris: “I would be sad if Spa didn’t stay on the calendar. I think a lot of things these days are simply a matter of money, and that’s the problem. It’s just a business“Said the McLaren driver. “It would be a shame, it is one of the most beautiful circuits on the calendar, as well as a historic race. A bit like Monte Carlo, Monza and other events: they are grand prixes that should always be there as long as Formula 1 is around“.
The contractual situation of Spa is complex. The circuit has a contract until 2022. If it is true that Formula 1 has not yet formalized the 2023 calendar, it is nevertheless less and less lacking in its definition. As if that were not enough, from next season they are already sure to be back on the calendar China (net of further problems related to the management of the Coronavirus) e Qatarwhile the circuit of Las Vegas. Adding the 22 races of this season, we are at 25 events, one more than the limit established by the Concorde Agreement. Considering the pushes on several fronts for a return to Kyalami, the seats that have to abandon Formula 1 could be two. And at that point the fate of Spa, but also of Monte Carlo (another circuit that does not have a contract for next year), would be even more at risk.
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