(Motorsport-Total.com) – The Spanish Grand Prix is about to end. As the Spanish newspaper 'El Confidencial' reports, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo are plagued by financial worries, so that Formula 1 and MotoGP will be on the brink more than ever , The long-time route manager Vicenc Aguilera only resigned on Tuesday.
Barcelona already stood for Formula 1 -Season 2020 massively on the tip, but in the end was able to compete again with Formula 1 -Promoter Liberty Media agree on a one-year extension of the contract . Now, however, it looks as if the last Grand Prix of Spain will take place in Montemelo in May.
22 Liberty Media should demand million euros as entry fee – costs that the route can no longer afford. There is a big hole in the Montmelo ticket offices. The Formula 1 Gigantic Prix is considered a minus business, although the organizers emphasize that with the race 163 to generate millions of euros for the region.
However, the interest of the audience should have dropped so much in the past years that thousands of tickets were given away free of charge so that the route does not look search. The Catalonian government and the city of Barcelona no longer want to invest money just to make up for the losses. Possible test drives would also be affected by the decision.
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According to Spanish media reports, an explosive board meeting was held on Tuesday. Not only route chief Vicenc Aguilera is said to have resigned “for personal reasons”, it also came to light that Barcelona's general manager Joan Fontsere received bonus payments of more than 700. 000 Euro should have approved outside the agreement.
There is also talk of inconsistencies in contracts and irregular employment of temporary workers.
How the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya continues is open. Formula 1 will be guest again in May, after which the contract will expire. The contract with Dorna for MotoGP ends 2021, moreover one has an oversupply in Spain anyway Run. Dark clouds move over Montmelo.
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