Race in Buenos Aires a step closer

[Muzza]

Just posted at the (very good) Brazilian racing news website Speed On Line:

http://www.speedonline.com.br/montat...ql_query=14659 (in Portuguese)

"Buenos Aires close to host F-CART [sic] in 2005

by Luiz Rodriguez


The rumours that Formula CART will have a race next season in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are getting stronger. The race would be take place at the Autódromo Oscar Gálvez, which has not held a major event since 1998, when it hosted a Formula 1 race.

Local officials, including Buenos Aires Sports Secretary, Jorge Rappaport, attended the recent [Champ Cars] race in Denver and are negotiating with Champ Car concerning a race in March, likely opening the 2005 season.

If on one hand Buenos Aires wants Formula CART as a way of recovering its international appeal, the attraction is reciprocal - since the series has plans for a return to South America.

One of the still pending issues are the costs of organizing a single event in the continent, and an agreement regarding an event in Brazil would be fundamental to reduce such costs."


Comment by Muzza: Champ Cars is known in Brazil as Fórmula CART or Fórmula Mundial.