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Dragging Formula 1 back to Buenos Aires

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Milei to the FIA: "time to go full throttle"

He opened the FIA American Congress in Buenos Aires and asked, on the record, for a Grand Prix back.

a race is the cheapest possible proof that argentina is 'back' — no budget line, no reform to pass, just colapinto on a grid and a flag he gets to stand under

FIA congress opened in Buenos Aires

The history

  1. 2026-09-01— #1 · 32% · rising — Milei to the FIA: "time to go full throttle"
  2. 2026-08-25— #3 · 15% · fading — The plan to hijack the F1 calendar for Buenos Aires
  3. 2026-08-24— #2 · 22% · new this week — The president appoints himself Argentina's F1 lobbyist