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Manel Del Rio: “Selling BLM was never on the table”
manel del riogeneral director of FC Barcelonagave a wide-ranging interview to RAC1 this Tuesday, in which he discussed various topics related to the financial situation of the Barça club. One point he wanted to make clear was that the company was not looking to sell. Balsa Licensing & Merchandising (BLM)It has been 100% owned by the club since 2018 and has been successfully used commercially.
“The possibility of selling BLM has never been on the table. We are a democratic organization and the only thing missing is for our partners to express their ideas in their own mechanisms,” he pointed out. manel del rio about what he thinks balsa About one of the club’s economic pillars.
Another financial key is balsa The expected return is Spotify Camp Nou And the general director confirmed that he is working on allowing them to return. Capable of accommodating 45,000 spectators That makes reopening sustainable.
“There is added value in returning to the new stadium. It’s more of a social scenario than an economic one. The club is not thinking of returning unless there is sufficient capacity. Everyone wants to return to the Camp Nou, but with 27,000 It is not sustainable to continue with that number of followers. We will do it with 45,000 people, but no date has been set. It is not for me to decide the date of our return to the Camp Nou. When we have the capacity and the licenses, this move becomes natural.” he said. manel del rioHe added: “A new stadium is not a panacea, but it will allow for more stable management and help maintain salaries in the sport.”
One of the things that has been hotly debated lately is Spotify Camp Nou VIP seats and manel del rio “$70 million is being requested for the VIP seating contract, and 30 more people have to attend,” he said, adding that the amount could rise even higher in the future.
“We are going to enter the $100 million that we agreed upon. The payment schedule was a little long. We took the opportunity to restructure our strategy. It will start as special revenue, but it is intended to be ordinary income. Special revenue is not taken into account, so even though it is not budgeted, these millions of dollars will be recovered,” he said. general director of barçahe also recognized barça vision “Despite the current decline, what we said is worth it,” he said, “These projects continue to create value and we must continue to work hard to get results.”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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The Cadillac F1 team is gearing up for its first season as the queen of motorsports and will officially unveil its first appearance in two weeks at the Super Bowl on February 8.
But photos of a possible American design have already started circulating online. The images show part of the car’s engine cover, mostly painted black, featuring the Cadillac logo and the team’s TWG Motorsport team logo. The photos are of low quality and taken from a distance, making it difficult to see the details.
Previously, Cadillac took to the track with a new vehicle, but it used an all-black color scheme.
Leaked image of what Cadillac design could be👀
(image may be completely fake)
📸(@_Turn right_ via wixyjixy) pic.twitter.com/DJtRmUb1vo— Cadillac F1 News (@CadillacF1News_) January 19, 2026
Source: Sport UA
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Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will start the 2026 season with a new race engineer and Italian media have already revealed who will work with the Briton in pre-season testing in Barcelona.
Last week, Ferrari officially announced that Hamilton would no longer work with Riccardo Adami as race engineer. The decision comes after a busy 2025 season that included a series of awkward radio conversations between pilot and engineer.
The partnership has not worked out since Hamilton’s first year with the team, and Ferrari boss Fred Vasser confirmed the makeup of the engineering staff would be reviewed at the end of last season. It was later learned that Adami would remain with the team but would move to another position: director of the Ferrari Driver Academy and head of the previous car testing program (TPC).
While the team is looking for a permanent replacement, Corriere della Sera reports that Charles Leclerc’s engineer Brian Bozzi will temporarily act as Hamilton’s race engineer during pre-season closed testing, which starts in Barcelona on January 26. According to the source, only one SF-26 vehicle will be used in the tests, which will be shared by both pilots, so Bozzi will work with two drivers at the same time.
Ferrari did not give any official reason for breaking off cooperation with Adami, but public misunderstandings arose several times throughout the season. Already at the Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton expressed surprise at the lack of information on the radio, in Miami he reacted sharply to the tactical decisions of the team, and in Monaco a situation arose in which the driver thought that the engineer was ignoring him. A similar incident occurred at the last stage of the season in Abu Dhabi, after which Adami apologized and explained this by communicating on the command bridge.
All these moments reinforced the impression that Hamilton and Adami had never quite found a common language, and the personnel changes made on the eve of the 2026 season were the logical conclusion of this difficult partnership.
Source: Sport UA
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Arvid Lindblad had a bad start to his Formula 1 career when he turned his new Racing Bulls VCARB03 car into a gravel trap during a race at the Imola circuit.
Earlier, Liam Lawson had the honor of completing the first lap of Red Bull Ford’s new engine in the wet conditions of the circuit, located just 15 km from the team’s Faenza base. As part of the demo day, which allowed a maximum distance of 15 kilometers (in this case three laps of the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit), Lawson completed the installation lap without any problems.
The race was short-lived when British newcomer Lindblad took the wheel in the afternoon; He spun at the Variante Villeneuve chicane in the wet (turns 5-6) and got stuck in the gravel. A video on social media X showed VCARB03 being driven back to the pits by a tow truck. It was reported that the cause of the take-off was not pilot error, but the blocking of the rear brakes.
Lawson and Lindblad will return to the Imola circuit tomorrow (Wednesday) for the 200km shoot.
#ArvidLindblad‘s car after spinning at Variante Villeneuve earlier today.#F1 #VCARB #test #Imola pic.twitter.com/RBpD78r5VH
— Jacopo Rava (@JacopoRava04) January 20, 2026
Source: Sport UA
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