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Breaking: Formula 1 Imola GP cancelled!
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The severe weather caused several rivers to burst their banks and floods are indangering the region

Formula 1, the FIA and organisers of the 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix have came to e decision to cancel the Imola Grand Prix this weekend due to severe flooding in the Italian region.

At least two people have died due to the weather conditions that have hit the area throughout May. Heavy rain caused more than a dozen rivers to burst their banks during a 24-hour period, while red weather warnings for flooding and landslides remain in place for this weekend, when the race was planned to be held.

F1 instructed paddock personnel setting up garages and hospitality units to leave the circuit on Tuesday afternoon as a precaution amid a threat of flooding from the adjacent Santerno river.

“What is happening in Imola and Emilia-Romagna is a real tragedy – commented the CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali. “This is the city and region where I grew up and now my thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by the floods and the families and communities cut short by the natural disaster.”

There is no word yet on whether the race will receive new data later in the year due to the compressed F1 calendar, but that is unlikely to be decided today.