Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds has shut down the possibility of Barcelona being added to the 2027 calendar, but has not ruled it out for 2028 and beyond.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
German outlet e-formel.de reported that a race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya could be on the cards for April next year. However, Dodds has dismissed that possibility.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Discussions with teams over a potential race in Barcelona have recently taken place, while talks between Formula E and the circuit have also been held.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Despite receiving positive responses from all parties, Formula E’s CEO has ruled out racing on Spain’s north-east coast during the opening season of the Gen4 era.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Barcelona is viewed as an attractive destination by Formula E, which has left the door open to it featuring on the calendar in 2028, the second season of Gen4.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Formula E already races in the Spanish capital, Madrid, where its debut event earlier this year was a huge success. Jarama will return next June as a double-header.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Next year is set to be a particularly difficult one for Barcelona, with the circuit not due to host a Formula 1 grand prix. Under its rotational agreement, it is currently scheduled to feature in 2028, 2030 and 2032.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“We have had conversations with Barcelona,” Dodds confirmed to select media during a roundtable. “I think I can say, categorically, and I might be surprised here \u2014 there’s a 1% chance of that \u2014 but Barcelona won’t make its way onto the calendar for next season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“The calendar is pretty much locked down. We know that we’ve just announced a slight date change in Monaco to accommodate a request from the venue, but Barcelona won’t be on the schedule next year. That doesn’t mean it won’t be on the schedule beyond next year, though.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Whether that means it goes on alongside Madrid or on a rotational basis with Madrid, who knows? But I think we’re excited by the prospect of the venue because we think it would be an interesting addition.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Equally, Madrid put on such a great show for us this year that we would be very reluctant not to be racing there for the foreseeable future.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds has shut down the possibility of Barcelona being added to the 2027 calendar,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,17886,17889,17887,17890,17888,11454,315,13765,17609,13755,801],"class_list":["post-67391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}