No room for Rome GP on calendar says di Montezemolo

During the Wroom ski event at Madonna di Campiglio, Scuderia Marlboro Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has given his idea about staging a Grand Prix in Italy's capital city of Rome. According to di Montezemolo it is better for Formula 1 to visit new nations than to add a street race in Rome to its calendar.

The meeting could not end without a nod to the idea of staging a Grand Prix in Rome. “I said it at the Christmas dinner with the Italian media: the teams’ view is not to exceed a certain number of races per year: already the season goes on forever,” said Montezemolo. “The preference is to have Grands Prix in new countries in important markets, first off in the United States, rather than have two races in Germany, Spain, or eventually Italy. Therefore, Ecclestone’s letter is not a failure for Rome, but the awareness that there is a desire to have just one Grand Prix in Italy. Alternating it with Monza? We would need to see if that suits Ecclestone, if the conditions are right, if the two cities can agree, while not forgetting that Monza is a permanent circuit that is part of the history of Formula 1.”