Formula E may be back
The man who runs Formula E says it may return to Montreal.
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Bert 09:49 on 2019-06-16 Permalink
Jean Todt is the president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. They are the regulating body behind Formula 1, Formula E, World Endurance, World Rally, etc. The FIA do not actually run the series or the individual races.
In the case of Formula E, the series is run by Formula E Holdings (FEH), with Alejandro Agag at its helm. The contracts are signed between local organizers and FEH. In the case of Formula 1 the organizer is Liberty Media and the local organizer is Groupe Octane.
FEH would work with the FIA and local organizers to build a calendar, which would then be approved by the FIA. FEH would also work with the teams on technical aspects and propose changes to the FIA, which then get effectively get rubber stamped by the FIA.
Faiz Imam 20:11 on 2019-06-16 Permalink
Good summary Bert.
This is the key part:
“Y aurait-il possibilité d’organiser la course sur le circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, même raccourci et reconfiguré?
“Je n’y suis pas favorable, car ça ouvrirait un précédent”, rétorque Jean Todt.
“Le but est d’encourager les citoyens à rouler électrique dans les villes, rappelle-t-il. Paris le fait, Rome le fait, les plus grandes capitales jouent le jeu, alors je ne vois pas pourquoi Montréal ne jouerait pas le même jeu.”
I think it’s quite clear that a race around old montreal is off the table. It’s much too politically toxic. and the city will spend any amount of money to make sure that doesn’t happen.
But i’m very curious about the idea of a race further out. I think the social acceptability of a race around the Big O would be reasonable. Plus if they could use that to not have to pay the huge court decision they lost, its a win win.
If not, i think the idea of having formula E be downtown to “encourage citizens to buy electric vehicles” will fade overtime. I think long term circuit villneuve will be back on the table.