NASCAR Cup Series

Rome mayor reiterates desire for F1 Grand Prix

Published Oct. 23, 2009 1:50 a.m. ET

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Race organizers were encouraged to push ahead with their plans after receiving the backing of F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone earlier this year.

Alemanno told reporters on Thursday that they "would like to start the preparations for 2012, hopefully putting the event on during the summer months."

The race is slated to be a street circuit winding through the EUR district to the south of the city.

Alemanno added "it will be one of the three most spectacular courses, with three or four overtaking points," and said the roughly 2.4 mile long circuit would have an average speed of 109 miles per hour.