(ANSA) - Rome, October 19 - Formula E, the circuit for 100%
electrical cars, is set to arrive in Rome April 14 with a 2.8km
track in the southern EU district.
Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag said at the presentation of the
event that "the budget earmarked for this event is average
compared to the other cities, because the streets are very good
here...it'll be around 10 million euros."
Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio
said the event "shows we're not nay-sayers" after Rome Mayor
Virginia Raggi last year nixed an Olympic bid.
Raggi said the E-prix showed that "Rome is not a museum but a
leader in innovation".
The E-prix calendar starts December 2 in Hong Kong and ends
July 28 in Montreal.
The Rome circuit, with 21 turns, will go past a number of
iconic sites in EUR: Massimiliano Fuksas' Nuvola (Cloud)
convention centre, the Palazzo dei Congressi, the Salone delle
Fontane, and the Obelisk.
Thursday's presentation took place in the Nuvola.
Formula E set to arrive in Rome
Race on 2.8 km EUR track April 14