The day arrived. The past and present of the Formula 1 will be connected today in Palermo: the unique and thrilling sound of the naturally aspirated V8 engine, which had its final episode in the 2013 season of the Great Circusand the management of Franco Colapinto, Alpine driver and the Argentine who rekindled the passion for the highest category of world motorsport in the country with its premiere at Williams two years ago. He road show in the urban layout that was designed in the City of Buenos Aires will be the event that will unite the two worldsan examination for organization and safety with the aim of endorsing and presenting next weekend at the Miami Grand Prix the works that are taking place at the Oscar and Juan Gálvez racetrack for the return to the Formula 1 calendar.
Palermo is a particular space for Argentine motorsports. The classics of the international season -they were also run in Retiro, Rosario and Mar del Plata- were a preamble for the world championships that would be born in 1950, a year later. The races excited the public, between speed and talent on precarious tracks, with very low safety standards, with bales of grass that served as containment barriers. Oscar Gálvez’s victory in 1949 was the first for Argentine drivers over European stars, such as Giuseppe Farina and Alberto Ascari.a success that traveled the planet. Mourning had also invaded those temperament and driving tests, with the accident during practice for the Frenchman’s initial race. Jean Pierre Wimillethe great figure of the moment and who upon his arrival in Argentina flattered with a phrase Juan Manuel Fangio: “A future great champion.”
Seventy-seven years later, a road show will be the attraction for a voracious public of F. 1. Because Colapinto’s emergence with Williams in 2024, his continuity in Alpine last year and starting a season for the first time as the holder of one of the two seats of the French team in 2026 are a thread that revived those who remember the 20 chapters of Great Circus in the country and added the new generations, who push and teach fanaticism for the 22-year-old pilot from Pilar, on social networks.
In 1998, F. 1 visited the Buenos Aires racetrack for the last time. Since then, three times he drove a top category car in the country for the public and a fourth time was a marketing action for a team. In 2007, Jose Maria Breast Lopez drove the FW29 model, Williamsduring the weekend of the 200 Kilometers of Buenos Aires; David Coulthard and Daniel Ricciardo They turned on urban routes, with the Obelisk as the axis, in 2008 and in 2012, with the RB3 and RB7 models, respectively, of Red Bull Racing. The Australian also accelerated in the Salinas Grandes, in Jujuy.
Today it will be Colapinto’s turn, the performer of a day that will combine speed, the deafening sound of Renault’s naturally aspirated V8 engine that will push the Lotus E20the aroma of burning tires, with a show with artists like Soledad and Luck Raat 11:50 and 1:55 p.m., respectively; also the City Symphony Orchestra and the presence of DJs who will entertain the six hours of show. The production will be by Dale Play, owned by Federico Lauria, who led 423 musical shows last year, with artists such as Bizarre –determining in Colapinto’s campaign from Formula 2-, Nicki Nicole, Duki…
The opening of the FanZone it will be at 9 and there will be paid and public sectors. Tickets went on sale on April 7 – they sold out in less than an hour – and eight days later the organization released a new batch, after extending the length of the route by 400 meters due to the avalanche of fans. Ticket prices varied between 80 thousand and 180 thousand pesoswith exclusive sectors: Grandstands and Hospitality –a copy of a paddock of an F. 1 circuit, with differentiated access and unique views of the track and visit to the pits; 14 food trucks Distributed between the two sectors, they will offer cafeteria and food service with values ranging between $5,000 and $20,000. Besides, seven giant screens They will serve as support for the public who is away from the track and for when the Lotus E20 or the Mercedes W196, with which Fangio won the third crownwalk through an opposite sector.
The preferential stands are identified with companies that are sponsors of the road showsome are also from Colapinto, such as YPF and Mercado Libre, which in collaboration with Alpine and the City Government are the main banners of the Pilarense’s visit. “Just a dream in my mind. The next round is at home“, said the pilot in the spot who announced the visit. The cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grand Prix became the ideal window to execute the presentation. The organizers They estimate that the call for today will exceed 500 thousand people.
The authorities of the Buenos Aires Government reported that Camping will not be allowed in Sicilia and Seeber squares, neither does street vending. In addition to the camping ban, there will also be items such as laser pointers banned, aerosols and flammable liquids, alcoholic and canned drinks, food, pyrotechnics and explosives…Logistics will be in charge of the City Government and security will be shared with private agents.
The police will work to prevent the occupation of public space to maintain order and fluidity at the entrances and on the perimeter of the route. The reconversion of the urban space had its final chapter on Saturday night: from that moment on, pedestrian access to the streets that would be part of the track was restricted for the general public. Only those who were part of the organization and the technical staff of Alpine, which sent a group of six people to attend to the Lotus E20 and who are involved in the road shows. He staff increased with the members of the marketing and communications department and the film crew that accompanies these presentations.
He Zárate international kart track and the Oscar and Juan Gálvez racetracktwo spaces that celebrate motorsports, were visited by Colapinto since his arrival in the country. “How good this is. The first day in Argentina was fun. Carreritas and Gabriel Gandulia (TC Pista pilot) recording: it couldn’t be better,” the man from Pilar, who joined the Acosta Racing Teama team that was part of his journey in motorsports before traveling to Europe.
There he also spoke with young karting drivers, signed the trunk of a kart and shot: “Now it will go faster.” The boy’s response showed what that unique experience represented: “This is the best day of my entire life.” On Wednesday, the young Argentine driver visited the works at the Buenos Aires racetrack, next to the Head of Government, Jorge Macri. They were also Gabriel Sánchez ZinnyChief of Staff; Fabian TurnesSecretary of Sports, and the legislator Dario Nietowhich gave the recognition to the “outstanding personality of the City in the field of sports.”
On the tour, and after posing with the map of the circuit that will receive MotoGP in 2027 and will be expanded with the goal of having grade 1 homologation – the only one that allows Formula 1 to receive – Macri noted: “We are going to have more people watching it in Palermo than those who gather at a complete F. 1 race anywhere in the world. That shows two things: the interest there is in Franco and the passion there is for irons in Argentina”; Turnes added: “We are carrying out a dream, we want F. 1 to return to the City”.
Playing chef at Norimoto and visiting a nerve center on the route, the intersection of Del Libertador and Sinclair avenues, were other distractions for Franco. How to get to Cardales by helicopter to eat a barbecue. Colapinto is already enjoying a visit that, he hopes, is just an aperitif: “Running a Grand Prix in Argentina is one of the great dreams of my life,” he said on Friday. Today you will have a multitudinous preview of what could be…
