Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Imola race called off because of major flooding

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been called disconnected this play due to the fact that of large flooding successful the region.

In addition, determination was a tendency not to dilute the efforts of exigency services dealing with problems crossed the area.

F1 said calling disconnected the contention was "the close and liable happening to do".

F1 president and main enforcement serviceman Stefano Domenicali said: "It is specified a calamity to spot what has happened to Imola and Emilia Romagna, the municipality and portion that I grew up in, and my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the flooding and the families and communities affected.

"The determination that has been taken is the close 1 for everyone successful the section communities and the F1 household arsenic we request to guarantee information and not make other load for the authorities portion they woody with this precise atrocious situation."The determination comes aft a reddish upwind informing was issued for the portion connected Tuesday and Wednesday.

There has been wide flooding crossed the Emilia Romagna region. At slightest 3 radical person been killed and authorities person warned radical to determination to higher ground.

Red Bull's Alpha Tauri team, who are based successful adjacent Faenza, said successful a connection they were "very acrophobic astir events unfolding implicit the past hours successful the full Emilia Romagna area, with flooding and dense rainfall causing sizeable damage".

The connection added: "The team's mill is presently unaffected and everything is being done to guarantee the information of our employees and their families."

The Ferrari mill successful Maranello is conscionable implicit 50 miles north-west of Imola and besides successful the affected region.

The way was evacuated connected Tuesday arsenic a effect of the hazard of flooding from the Santerno river, which runs adjacent to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

F1 unit were forbidden from entering the circuit connected Wednesday arsenic dense rainfall had continued overnight and into the morning.

The Emilia Romagna GP had been scheduled to beryllium the sixth contention of the play and was the archetypal of 3 events connected consecutive weekends, followed by Monaco and Spain.

F1 volition look astatine options for rescheduling the contention but it is considered improbable to marque a instrumentality due to the fact that of the crowded schedule.

There had been plans for a grounds 23-race calendar successful 2023 but the cancellation of Imola means that the docket volition beryllium reduced to 22, the aforesaid arsenic past year.