NEXT month’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix could possibly be the ultimate race at Imola.

The long-lasting Italian circuit has hosted 30 Method One races since 1980.

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CEO Stefano Domenicali has hinted Italy may lose certainly one of its two Grands Prix as “curiosity grows” across the sport.

Italy at present has two races on the F1 calendar, at Imola and Monza.

However bosses are eager to take races to new audiences around the globe.

F1 signed a brand new cope with Monza final yr which can hold it on the calendar till a minimum of 2031.

Subsequent month’s race at Imola is the final of its present contract – and Domenicali has prompt bosses are contemplating another venue.

Domenicali stated: “Italy has at all times been and will likely be an necessary a part of Method 1.

“It will likely be more and more tough to have two races in the identical nation as a result of curiosity in F1 is rising.

“It’s a state of affairs we should cope with within the coming months.

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“It’s exhausting for this case with Imola and Monza to proceed collectively on the calendar for lengthy.”

Imola held its first world championship occasion in 1980 when it took over the operating of the Italian Grand Prix for one yr.

Whereas it was often called the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, legendary driver Ayrton Senna crashed and tragically handed away on the circuit.

Yearly, the Grand Prix provides F1 followers the possibility to recollect the legendary driver.

Imola was used as an F1 venue till 2006, earlier than returning once more in 2020 as bosses sought European tracks through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Max Verstappen took the chequered flag in 2024, beating McLaren’s Lando Norris into second.

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