The explosion of interest in Formula One has led to a reports that multiple iconic venues are at risk of being scrapped from the calendar, with Monaco being one.
However, a prominent motorsport figure in Monaco was quick to reassure racing fans that the famous race wouldn’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
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Never before has F1 been so popular among sporting fans across the globe, but particularly in America.
Up until the 2022 season, the grid only travelled to Austin, Texas for the lone American race.
But the Miami Grand Prix was also added to the calendar for this year as well as a race in Las Vegas joining in 2023.
It’s placed several famous tracks under serious threat of not holding a race, as Belgium, France, Monaco and Mexico enter the final races of their contracts.
But Michel Boeri, the president of the Automobile Club de Monaco, insisted that the fabled event will continue to run – at least for the time being.
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“It was suggested Liberty Media’s demands were too excessive for Monaco and the grand prix would no longer be held,” Boeri told French magazine Auto Hebdo.
“That’s not true. We are still in talks with them and we must now make it concrete by signing a contract.
“I can guarantee you that after 2022, the grand prix will continue to take place.
“I don’t know if the contract will be three or five years, but that’s a detail.”
Monaco is synonymous with F1, with the race featuring on the calendar every year since 1955 with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic.
While the gloss of the event remains for fans who travel to Monte Carlo from all corners, it has become a race that is now little more than a procession.
As cars have grown in width and length over the years, it has all but diminished the overtaking opportunities at the famous circuit given its narrow nature.
Losing Monaco would be a major shock, but is that the price that F1 must pay as it looks to continue capitalising on its expanding fanbase?