"It is almost a miracle to be here, while the world is at a standstill. Other cities did not want to make this effort, thanks to the Mayor and the ACI of Angelo Sticchi Damiani. It is important because it is a sign of optimism, we must go ahead and do it see people ".
Alejandro Agag, president and founder of Formula E, thus presents the week of electric racing cars on Saturday and Sunday in Rome on the streets of the Eur district. "We are in season 7, it is very important from a sporting point of view, now we are the FIA world championship and tomorrow Jean Todt will arrive (kil president of the FIA, ed). Now we are in generation two of the single-seaters with a long-lasting battery throughout the race, now we are working on generation three for even faster cars. And the Eur circuit is a track ideal for faster electric cars ".
When an Italian manufacturer in Formula E. "Among the few things we lack is to have an Italian team and also Elon Musk's Tesla - said Sticchi Damiani - I am optimistic, we are working to have an Italian manufacturer in Formula E".
After opening both Formula 1 and Rally Italia dei Motori also said yes to Formula E in times of pandemic as underlined by Angelo Sticchi Damiani, Aci President and FIA Vice President for Sport: "Formula E was certainly a great idea, a challenge, we believed in something unimaginable, balancing speed with electric. Italian Motorsport also responded to Formula 1 and Rally in a complicated situation like this with the pandemic and now we do it with Formula E . And now we will also have the Rally with electric cars ".
It is possible one day to see Formula 1 and Formula E in Rome together: "there was an opportunity for Rome in the past, it was a very ambitious and expensive project, today I see it as difficult even in a modern neighborhood like Eur .
An F1 circuit has higher costs and greater safety requirements, today it is difficult, at that time there was only one man in command like Ecclestone, today it is different.
I think it's really difficult: in the future maybe we can do more Formula E GPs in Italy rather than see Formula 1 in Rome ".