News Details

Former Italian PM linked with F1 team project

Apr.7 Rumours suggest former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi could be involved in plans for a new Saudi Arabia-backed Formula 1 team. Renzi, who is now a senator for Florence, caused a stir when he was spotted in the paddock of the 2021 season opener in Bahrain with Crown Prince Salman. 'I'm used to this sort of flak,' Renzi told Ansa news agency when confronted with criticism that he had left Italy under lockdown to attend the race. Italian media reported that prior to touching down in Bahrain, Renzi had been in Saudi Arabia, which is scheduled to host its first F1 race in Jeddah in December. But the specialist Italian magazine Autosprint went a step further, speculating that Renzi...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Team bosses watch out for new 'copygate' with new 2022...

Racing Point's "pink Mercedes" caused quite a stir in the...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Teams wary of new 'copygate': 'We have to rely on the...

Racing Point's "pink Mercedes" caused quite a stir in the...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes: Bottas slow stop caused by misplaced wheel...

Mercedes technical director James Allison has explained the cause behind...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

What was it that caused Max Verstappen's problems in...

After the Bahrain Grand Prix it became clear that Max Verstappen was...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar to limit entries to those holding a charter

The NTT IndyCar Series has confirmed that future races will be limited to...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crashes out of Rally Islas Canarias

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson have crashed out of Rally Islas...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Sebastien Ogier dominates Rally Islas Canarias

Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais headed a Toyota one-two-three-four in...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Premier League and FA Cup semi-finals: 10 talking...

nchez plays long game for McFarlane, Southampton can take heart, Arteta...
37m ago from TheGuardian.com

Arteta desperate for 100 million solution to Arsenal's...

In recent weeks, Arsenal's issues in the midfield have been evident. While...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Injury hit

Morning all. It's a change of focus for midweek as we look ahead to...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

'Let Arteta win the league' - Arsenal fans make plea...

An Arsenal fan has posted a video of himself begging Manchester City...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.