PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE UPDATE
Celebration of Ayrton Senna’s 30-year legacy
(Imola – 1 May 2024)
On Wednesday 1 May, from 1:30 p.m., at the “Enzo e Dino Ferrari” Circuit in Imola, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will take part in the celebration of the 30-year legacy of Formula 1 drivers Ayrton Senna and Ronald Ratzenberger, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg.
The institutional ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. with speeches by the Mayor of Imola, Marco Panieri, by Minister Tajani, Minister Vieira, Minister Schallenberg and Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
The participation of the President of Formula Imola S.p.A., Gian Carlo Minardi, the President of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini, the President of ACI, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, Roland Ratzenberger’s father and a contribution from the Senna Foundation is also planned.
The programme of the ceremony includes a one-minute silence and the laying of flowers at Curva Tamburello at 2:17 p.m., followed by another laying of flowers at Curva Villeneuve in memory of Roland Ratzenberger.
At the end of the celebration, also at the Circuit, Minister Tajani will make brief statements to the press.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in attending the event may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Tuesday 30 April at 5:00 p.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel06 3691 3432 – 8573 – 3078 or 8210), attaching the following:
For representatives of Italian press organisations:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter – copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations, not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Press representatives, photographers and cameramen interested will be able to collect their accreditation passes from 8.30 a.m. in the Sala Terre & Motori, located in Piazza Senna, near the Paddock entrance, at the Imola Circuit and will be able to follow the celebration event in a dedicated area of the Curva del Tamburello, from 1:30 p.m. on 1 May 2024.
A hospitality area for journalists will be set up from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., also in the Sala Terre & Motori, on the ground floor of the Circuit.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen will be able to access the Circuit from the entrance near the tower (parking in Piazza Ayrton Senna until parking spaces last – alternatively parking in Via Malsicura behind the grandstands, using the tunnel under the Circuit).
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
