Bojan Vrbnjak
To Formula 1 brought again to Rio de Janeiro, these were the visions of the former Formula 1 boss Chase Carey. In the woods on the edge Brazilian metropolises a new racetrack is to be built. September 2020 a contract was signed with the organizer of the race, which caused much resentment.
But she followed quickly sobriety, because they were missing for construction at the moment required licenses from the State Institute of the Environment INEA and the State Commission for Environmental Control ECSC. It's Monday Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio's environment minister confirmed plans for a new track Formula 1 will no longer follow and that at the request of Mayor INEW wrote to thereby formally confirm that the process of obtaining a license to build a racetrack was stopped. In the post on twitter, which he linked to Lewis Hamilton, wrote: “Rio is committed to a sustainable future. The Camboata Forest MUST NOT fall because of the racetrack in Rio.“The construction approval process has been officially withdrawn.
Hamilton has plans to build new racetrack last year criticized and said he was against deforestation. Because construction would have a big impact on the forest area Cambodia. Despite promises to address this environmental problem with by planting new trees, a strong revolt formed. Given that formula 1 already signed a new contract with Sao Paulo, a traditional venue GP of Brazil.
This year there will be a race in Interlagos on the schedule 14. November. However, an agreement Formula 1 with a promoter Rio de Janeiro not tied to the original scene. Theoretically, then, the race could be revived somewhere in the future elsewhere in the city.
