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Milei says Argentina is ready to bring Formula One back
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Milei says Argentina is ready to bring Formula One back

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • President Javier Milei said Argentina has the conditions to host Formula One and the World Rally Championship again.
  • Buenos Aires last hosted a Formula One race in 1998, and Milei said the country now has the market and institutional credibility required for a return.
  • He made the appeal at the FIA American Congress in Buenos Aires, attended by regional motorsport officials and FIA executives.

Javier Milei used the FIA American Congress in Buenos Aires to invite Formula One back to Argentina, saying the country now has the conditions needed to host the championship again.

“I dare to invite you to dream with me,” the Argentine president told participants. He said Argentina, which is again hosting an FIA event, could also welcome Formula One and the World Rally Championship on its calendar.

I dare to invite you to dream with me. Argentina, which is once again hosting the FIA, is the same Argentina that has all the conditions to host Formula One and the World Rally Championship again

— Javier MileiThe president urged the FIA and motorsport officials to consider bringing major racing events back to Argentina.

The Buenos Aires circuit hosted Formula One races during three periods in the last century, most recently in 1998. Milei said Argentine enthusiasm for racing had never faded during the 28-year absence, and argued that the country now once again had a market for a competition of that scale.

“We have the tradition, we have the drivers, and now we are regaining the institutional seriousness that these categories require before choosing a country,” he said. “We have absolutely everything.”

We have the tradition, we have the drivers, and now we are regaining the institutional seriousness that these categories require before choosing a country

— Javier MileiHe cited Argentina’s racing heritage, drivers and institutions as reasons to support a return.

Milei called the congress a possible first step toward bringing the series back and ended by saying, “We want to see Colapinto in the country,” referring to Argentine Formula One driver Franco Colapinto.

The congress is taking place at the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Argentina. Presidential secretary-general Karina Milei, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem attended. Discussions are scheduled to cover competition development and safety, technological innovation, sustainable mobility and efforts to strengthen motorsport’s international presence in the region.

We want to see Colapinto in the country

— Javier MileiHe referred to Argentine Formula One driver Franco Colapinto while calling for the championship’s return.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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