The mayor of Barranquilla Jaime P꧙umarejo 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.  

“It is a finಞancially sustainable project that brings investment to the city by being promo🎐ted by the private sector. 

“It is not yet a reality, but we are in the race, and we hope to reach the finish line. We don’t want to raꦓise false e🌠xpectations yet. 

“If it is signed, we could be talking about 2024 or 2025 and it would be signed,♔ hopefꦑully, for 10 years.”

Initial plansꩵ for a circuit layout have already been drawn up in the metropolitan area of Barranq⛎uilla, which is located on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, around 1,000km from Colombia’s capital, Bogota. 

“Two semi-urban routes have been identified and approved, a pla🌺n A and a plan B,” Pumarejo added.

“In one of the routes, the river is the main protagonist, but both are♎ within the metropolitan area.”

F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali reportedly visited Barraꦦnquilla following the recent Mexico City Grand Prix to see 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:record-breaking 24-round calendaꦇr in 2023. 

Other new venues to have joined F1 ൩in the Liberty Media era include Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Middle Easജt.