Sainz fears it may be 'too late' to keep Barcelona in 2020

Are we experiencing the last Spanish Grand Prix for a while? If we are to believe the noises spreading insistently in the paddock, we are heading in the direction. 

Barcelona would thus be replaced by the Zandvoort route. It is also rumored that the officialization of the Dutch circuit will take place next Tuesday (May 14) in the presence of the child of the country Max Verstappen. 

Carlos Sainz, the only Iberian driver present on the current grid since the retirement of Fernando Alonso at the end of 2018, does not hide his concern about the future of the Catalan route on the Grand Prix scene. 

« Obviously it would be a big loss in my eyes., confided the Madrilenian. But to my knowledge, negotiations are still ongoing. I hope that all the institutions are doing their job. I think it is in the interest of Barcelona, ​​of Spain, and of the Formula 1.

The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​a historic event and this track has been present in the discipline for a long time. It would be a shame to lose her and I hope an agreement will be reached. Maybe not for next year, because it's too late, but for the years to come ». 

Inaugurated in 1991 ahead of the 1992 Olympic Games, the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit has hosted Formula 1 without interruption since. Pedralbes, Jarama, Montjuïc, and Jerez have also hosted a Spanish Grand Prix since 1951.