F1 “sees some indicators of optimism” over return of iconic race

Components 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says he “sees some indicators of optimism” over the prospect of the German Grand Prix returning to the calendar below “the suitable provide”.

The German Grand Prix has a protracted historical past in F1, having first appeared on the calendar within the second yr of the championship’s existence in 1951.

The occasion ran consecutively from 1961 to 2006, happening on the Nurburgring and the Hockenheimring throughout this time.

The European Grand Prix was additionally held in Germany in 1984, 1995-1996, and 1999-2007.

The final German Grand Prix was held in 2019, whereas the nation’s most up-to-date calendar look was the Eifel Grand Prix in 2020 on the Nurburgring.

There have been calls ever since for the German Grand Prix to return as F1’s calendar has continued to swell below Liberty Media possession.

These hopes have been renewed by Stefano Domenicali, who advised Motorsport Magazin: “We’re open and ready for any type of dialogue.

“I see some indicators of optimism and I hope it will evolve within the coming months.

“We’re enthusiastic about returning to Germany, however with the suitable organiser and the suitable provide.”

Any return of the German Grand Prix would doubtless should happen at Hockenheim, which has undergone infrastructure upgrades just lately.

A spokesperson for the Nurburgring admitted final January that F1 was unlikely to return to the venue as a consequence of monetary restraints.

Domenicali harassed that F1 is in no rush to safe a deal to convey Germany again because it has many requests for races to contemplate.

“The great factor is that we’re not determined, as a result of we have now many requests from everywhere in the world,” he mentioned.

“If the German market doesn’t see a return to Components 1 as a precedence, we have now to simply accept it and look forward.”