According to the newspaper The State of São Paulo, is JR Pereira, head of the consortium Rio Motorsportwho wants v Rio de Janeiro build a new racetrack Formula 1, met with the Brazilian president last Wednesday Jairom Bolsonar.
A report by the said newspaper, which was later also confirmed Office of the President of Brazil, states that the conversation was also about assurance Formula 1 races from year 2021 forward in this Brazilian metropolis. Other government officials, a newspaper, were also present The State of São Paulo however, he states that it will be possible to predict something more in the coming weeks.
The newspaper also states that the president Bolsonaro supports this project, but remain crucial legal and environmental obstacles that need to be cleared before construction of a racetrack at a military base can begin Deodoro, in the northern zone Rio de Janeiro.