A1gp Cancels Mexico City Season Finale
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been forced to cancel the Mexico City leg of the global series, which was to be the final race of the season, following the outbreak of swine flu in the country.
The cancellation of round eight of the 2008/09 season in Mexico City between 22nd-24th May comes on the advice of the UK Foreign Office to cancel non-essential travel to the country.
As a result of this move, this weekend’s race at Brands Hatch, Great Britain will be the final round of the championship.
‘To say we are disappointed to have to make this call is an understatement,” said A1GP Chairman, Tony Teixeira.
‘When the news of the health problems broke last week we made sure we kept ourselves up to date with the latest information. It soon became obvious this was not an isolated health risk, and when the UK Foreign Office put out its advisory and the World Health Organization raised the level of influenza pandemic alert that was when we had to make our decision.
‘We must have the safety of all members of the A1GP community as well as the thousands of loyal fans in Mexico City as our prime concern.’
The cargo was due to be flown out to Mexico directly after the Brands Hatch race and so this was another factor in the decision.
‘If we had flown our cars out and not been able to send the teams to run them it would have been a waste of time and money. However, this cancellation does not impact on the future of the series and once Brands Hatch is over we shall be concentrating on Season Five, for which plans are already well advanced,’ added Teixeira.
