Circuit de Catalunya boss Salvador Servia has dismissed suggestions that the Spanish Grand Prix is in any immediate danger.
Circuit boss Servia says he is happy with current contract
Circuit de Catalunya boss Salvador Servia has dismissed suggestions that the Spanish Grand Prix is in any immediate danger.
The Barcelona venue has a deal to stage the race until 2016, but recent reports have suggested that the government want to renegotiate that contract.
However, Servia says that the organisers are happy with their current deal and insists that there is "nothing going on" as far as a restructuring of the contract is concerned.
"The reality is we have a contract until 2016 and we are working towards the 2012 race. Our intention, if we can, is to continue until 2020," he told
Autosport.
"We have had Formula 1 here for 20 years and the goal is to have it for another 20. As for the rest, no one has said anything.
New era
"I read news about meetings but officially I haven't been told anything. If we don't say anything official it's because there is nothing going on. That's the only possible position as of today."
The attendance at last year's Barcelona race was down on recent years, and Servia has admitted that if the event does not reach capacity then it has to fall back on public money to survive.
He said: "The main thing is for the fans to come to the circuit. If the fans come, then there is no problem. But with the crisis, attendance has decreased in all circuits.
"We don't believe it will always be like this, but rather that we've had a few bad years. We are trying to react and trying to see if at least in 2012 we managed to stop the decrease and start a new era, where we start to recover and then have better hopes for the future."
