PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
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 champion Ayrton Senna, together with the Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, and the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic 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 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.
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.
Representatives of the accredited press and photographers and cameramen interested in following the commemoration event must present themselves at the Imola Circuit, 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. in the Ayrton Senna room on the ground floor of 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.
