The Brazilian Grand Prix 2022 may be in danger of being cancelled. The political situation in the country after the recent presidential election just two weeks after the event Sao Paolo It’s not the right weather big circus.
Could the race be stopped at the Interlago circuit? Any options that the 21st race of the 2022 season will not take place? Here is everything that is known.
Is the 2022 Brazilian GP in danger? The latest news
According to the Spanish journalist Pedro Fermin Flores on his Twitter account, The political and social situation in Brazil has caused the concern of both the FIA (the highest international automobile body), Liberty Media (the company that owns the rights to the competition) and its organizers Grand Prix Sao Paulo.
According to this information “They are going to wait a few days before they take steps and decisions to ensure that the test is carried out.”
This comes to the fore as soon as it became known that his transport trucks The Ferrari team was affected by cutbacks on Brazilian roads. As seen in this tweet, Italians have been caught up in the communication blockade the country has been experiencing for the past few days:
What, mane! The weekend of bullfighting has not begun and Ferrari já se ferrando. what a phase!
📸: @g1campinas pic.twitter.com/e23dnCThyV
— Massinha F1 (@MassinhaF1_) November 1, 2022
The Brazilian Grand Prix is always one of the most logistically challenging for teams, with delays in shipments of materials and parts.
The political situation in Brazil
After a first round in which none of the candidates achieved the necessary majority to win the presidency, the vote took place on Sunday 30 October: Lula da Silva vs. Jair Bolsonaro, hand to hand. In a tight election, Lula, representative of the PT (Workers Party), he won with 50.9% of the vote to his opponent’s 49.1%. In this way, Bolsonaro (Liberal Party) lost the re-election and will leave the post that started on January 1, 2019.
