Emilia Romagna flooding: Yuki Tsunoda reveals extent of awful damage in AlphaTauri’s hometown

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- Wi♐ll F1 Emilia Romagna꧋ Grand Prix at Imola be rescheduled?
- Emili𝄹a Romagnജa Grand Prix called off due to extreme flooding
Faenza is a town in the Emilia Romagna region whic🐎h AlphaTauri call home.
The grand prix at Imola, due to beღ this weekend, was called off on Wednesday as 🐻a result of the devastation in northern Italy.
ꦍEight people have died, several more are missing and thousands evacuated from their homes💜 because of the floods.
“After a horrible night the town is heavily impacted: du🐟st, mud, and the smell of gasoline everywh൩ere,” AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda posted to social media.
“Cur꧋rently people are struggling to find food and especially places to stay,after many have been evacuated from their own homes.
“Pleas✅e, anything you can do to help is appreciated.”
F1 t🃏eams and staff were told not to enter the loca💯l area as the extreme weather worsened.
On Tuesday, the paddock was evacuated.
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said: “It is such a tragedy to see what has happened to Imola and Emilia Romagna, the town and region that I grew up in and my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the flooding and the families and communitiesꦬ affected.
"I want to express my gratitude and admiration for the incredible emergency services who are working tirelessly to help ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthose who need help and alleviate the situation 🎃– they are heroes and the whole of Italy is proud on them.
"The decision that has been taken is the right one for everyone in the local communities and the F1 family as we need๊ to ensure safety and not create extra burden for the authorities while they deal with this very awful situation.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, t🌟o football, to F1.