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Italian ex-F1 drivers praise efforts to safeguard Monza

Former Italian Formula 1 drivers Emanuele Pirro and Vitantonio Liuzzi have applauded regional government efforts to safeguard the future of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The threat to Monza’s status as the home of the Italian Grand Prix, which has been on the F1 calendar every year since 1950, caused outcry when it became public earlier this year that the track was struggling to make the necessary financial commitments to host the race. The governor of the Lombardy region in which Monza is found, Roberto Maroni, told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport last week: "With a tax-free investment we can close the deal with Bernie Ecclestone by early September.” Speaking to...
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