The project of a road course of Patras does not represents Greece's bid to stage a Formula 1 Grand Prix in the near future, says Athanassios P.Papatheodorou, architect and Project Manager of Dielpis Formula 1.
On October 1st, we posted a news which said “Greece has approved plans to build a multi-million Formula 1 racing circuit, south of Patras in the Peloponnese”.
A few days ago, Mr. Papatheodorou kindly contacted us to explain that this new circuit was not per say a Formula 1 circuit designed and destined to stage a potential Grand Prix of Greece. “The project of a circuit in Patras has nothing to do with claiming a Formula 1 race; it merely concerns a peripheral circuit,” Papatheodorou told Auto123.com.
“On the contrary, our proposal -- Dielpis Formula 1 – represents the project of staging an F1 race in the area of the Port of Piraeus. We are the project managers of this proposal, which is based on funds coming from the private sector that we are trying to collect. The public sector will not invest in this project,” the Greek architech added.
The Dielpis project has been officially submitted by the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece (ELPA) following a request filed by the Mayor with FIA and Bernie Ecclestone on November 23, 2011, said Papatheodorou.
“On May 26, 2012, Mr. Bernie Ecclestone in a meeting held with the head of DielpisFormula1, stated his, in principle, acceptance and agreement with the above proposal (DielpisFormula1) and mentioned that the following step is just to find the investor,” he then added.
In July the Minister of Culture sent to Mr. Ecclestone the Greek Government’s official position with regard to the DielpisFormula1 candidacy. And in September, the Deputy Minister of Development issued a press release whereby the expressed his Ministry’s support to the candidacy including the project in the fast track procedure.
“Therefore, there is no other candidacy for an F1 race in Greece save the one submitted by the Municipality of Drapetsona entitled DielpisFormula1, for which we continue our efforts unfailingly,” Papatheodorou concluded.
On October 1st, we posted a news which said “Greece has approved plans to build a multi-million Formula 1 racing circuit, south of Patras in the Peloponnese”.
A few days ago, Mr. Papatheodorou kindly contacted us to explain that this new circuit was not per say a Formula 1 circuit designed and destined to stage a potential Grand Prix of Greece. “The project of a circuit in Patras has nothing to do with claiming a Formula 1 race; it merely concerns a peripheral circuit,” Papatheodorou told Auto123.com.
“On the contrary, our proposal -- Dielpis Formula 1 – represents the project of staging an F1 race in the area of the Port of Piraeus. We are the project managers of this proposal, which is based on funds coming from the private sector that we are trying to collect. The public sector will not invest in this project,” the Greek architech added.
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| Illustration: Dielpis Formula 1 |
The Dielpis project has been officially submitted by the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece (ELPA) following a request filed by the Mayor with FIA and Bernie Ecclestone on November 23, 2011, said Papatheodorou.
“On May 26, 2012, Mr. Bernie Ecclestone in a meeting held with the head of DielpisFormula1, stated his, in principle, acceptance and agreement with the above proposal (DielpisFormula1) and mentioned that the following step is just to find the investor,” he then added.
In July the Minister of Culture sent to Mr. Ecclestone the Greek Government’s official position with regard to the DielpisFormula1 candidacy. And in September, the Deputy Minister of Development issued a press release whereby the expressed his Ministry’s support to the candidacy including the project in the fast track procedure.
“Therefore, there is no other candidacy for an F1 race in Greece save the one submitted by the Municipality of Drapetsona entitled DielpisFormula1, for which we continue our efforts unfailingly,” Papatheodorou concluded.