Originally Posted by
itix
I really can't see the reason for that. They have a nation full of motorsport fans and they obviously has the money for gigantic football arrangements and milano expo and what not, so why not a measly round of the ERC?
Maybe the San Remo, maybe the mille miglia, why not bring back the Targa Florio, a round that has almost the history of the Monte Carlo...?
OFF TOPIC: A funny off topic side note. Me and my italian ex were discussing events and she mentioned Sanremo... I naturally was overjoyed and started passionately how I loved the Sanremo and watched it countless times as a kid whereupon she frowned and said it was not her thing and knowing me, it shouldn't be mine either. I immediately took offense and wondered how I could not love the cars screaming through the hills and the autumn leaves that would swirl behind them as they wen't past the TV cameras.
After a lot of confusion I realized that to the common italian, Sanremo is a music festival with celebrities and shallowness in abundance, not a rally.
...so maybe you have a point after all. If you want money as an organizer in italy, shallow music festivals ans soccer events is the thing to do.