The mayor of Barranquilla Jaime Pumarejo wants his city to stage a grand prix in the coming years, saying the “process is progressing favourably” 🤡but admitting “there is still a lot of work to be done”. 

“It is a real, palpable possibility," Pumarejo told Colombian newspaper El Heraldo.  

𒉰“It is a financially sustainable project that brings investment to the city by being promoted ꦛby the private sector. 

“It is not yet a re🎃ality, but we are in the race, and we hope to reach the finish line. We don’t want to꧒ raise false expectations yet. 

“If it is si🦹gned, we could be talki🎉ng about 2024 or 2025 and it would be signed, hopefully, for 10 years.”

Initial plans for a circuit layout have alr💧eady be🃏en drawn up in the metropolitan area of Barranquilla, which is located on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, around 1,000km from Colombia’s capital, Bogota. 

“Two semi-urban routes have been identifie𓃲d and approved, a🌟 plan A and a plan B,” Pumarejo added.

“In one of the routes, the river is the main protagonist, but both are within the metropolit🐬an area.”

F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali reportedly visited Barranquilla following the recent Mexico City Grand Prix to se🐷e the plans for himself. 

If plans for a Caribbean Grand Prix went ahead it would see two races take place in South America, adding to the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil. 

F1 has enjoyed a recent expansion into the Americas, with Maimi making its debut earlier this year and Las Vegas featuring on a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:record-breaking 24-round calendar in 2023. 

Other new venues to have joined F1 in the Liberty Media era include Saudi Arabia and𒆙 Qatar in the Middle East.