Course planner says deal in place for Rome GP (PA SportsTicker)
December 20, 2009
ROME(AP) —Italian organizers say a deal has been signed with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone to stage a Rome Grand Prix on the streets of Italy’s capital.
Course planner Maurizio Flammini told Sky Italia on Sunday that an agreement with Ecclestone “has already been done and signed” but did not say when the first Rome GP might be held. The 2010 F1 calendar has already been set.
City authorities have been making plans for the race for more than a year and intend to use the city streets as a course, in similar fashion as the popular races in Monaco and Valencia.
If the Rome GP becomes a reality, it would mean a second annual stop in Italy on the F1 calendar.
The Monza circuit near Milan has hosted the Italian Grand Prix since 1922.
