Formula 1 to donate 1m euros to relief fund for Emilia-Romagna flooding

F1 cancelled its contention astatine Imola aft dense rain

Formula 1 says it volition donate 1m euros (£867,000) to a alleviation money for the Emilia-Romagna flooding disaster.

The wealth volition beryllium utilized by the Emilia-Romagna region's Agency for Territorial Safety and Civil Protection.

F1 has besides arranged for nutrient that would person been utilized successful hospitality to beryllium distributed to those successful need.

It has been donated to a radical organising nutrient banks and organisation for those affected by the floods.

F1's determination comes a time aft Ferrari, whose Maranello mill is successful Emilia-Romagna, was donating the aforesaid magnitude to catastrophe relief.

F1 president and main enforcement Stefano Domenicali, who is from Imola, described the events successful the portion arsenic a "tragedy".

Domenicali added: "I was calved and grew up successful the marvellous lands of Emilia-Romagna, a spot that is surviving done immoderate of the saddest moments successful its history.

"The concern facing the communities successful the portion is terrible, but I cognize that the resilience and passionateness of the radical successful the region, similar truthful galore crossed Italy, volition prevail done this crisis.

"We indispensable bash everything we tin to enactment them astatine this hard clip and that is wherefore we are donating to assistance enactment the alleviation efforts connected the ground.

"My thoughts, connected behalf of the full Formula 1 community, are with everyone affected and we privation to convey the exigency services for their unthinkable work."

The politician of Ravenna, 1 of the towns severely affected, told the BBC it was the worst catastrophe successful Italy successful a century.

Michele de Pascale described the harm caused by the floods arsenic catastrophic, costing radical successful his metropolis and the wider portion their homes, possessions and for some, their lives.

After six months' rainfall fell successful a time and a half, astatine slightest 13 radical person been killed aft astir each stream flooded betwixt Bologna and the north-east seashore 115km (70 miles) away.

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