Newly elected mayor of São Paulo, João Doria has invited Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to become part of a consortium aiming to buying Interlagos, home of the Brazilian grand Prix, and thus preserve the race in Sao Paulo.
Doria told UOL Esporte, “I will meet with the F1 organizers next week in Brazil and they obviously already know my stance. I will also invite Bernie Ecclestone and the F1 international promoters to form a consortium to participate in the Interlagos privatisation program.”
Ahead of this year’s race Felipe Massa raised concerns that Brazil may disappear from the Formula 1 calendar. As it stands the race is down as a provisional on next year’s schedule.
Recently Ecclestone met with President Michel Temer in Brasilia, “I just wanted to meet him and see how he felt, about things in general. Did he think that F1 was good for Brazil, or not? It’s probably been good for Sao Paulo. Whether it’s been good for the rest of Brazil, who knows?”
But admitted, I’ve no idea what he can do as the president [to save the race]. This country is very political at the moment. He’s just stepped in.”
“They spent a lot of money to have the Olympics and the World Cup, and here [Sao Paulo] hurts a little bit, the promoter trying to run this race, and make a profit, or not make a profit, but not lose. So in the end the people who lose are us, because they can’t pay us,” explained Ecclestone.
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