Components 1 says it should donate 1m euros (£867,000) to a aid fund for the Emilia-Romagna flooding catastrophe.
The cash will probably be utilized by the Emilia-Romagna area’s Company for Territorial Security and Civil Safety.
F1 has additionally organized for meals that might have been utilized in hospitality to be distributed to these in want.
It has been donated to a gaggle organising meals banks and distribution for these affected by the floods.
F1’s transfer comes a day after Ferrari, whose Maranello manufacturing unit is in Emilia-Romagna, was donating the identical quantity to catastrophe aid.
F1 president and chief govt Stefano Domenicali, who’s from Imola, described the occasions within the area as a “tragedy”.
Domenicali added: “I used to be born and grew up within the marvellous lands of Emilia-Romagna, a spot that’s dwelling by means of a number of the saddest moments in its historical past.
“The state of affairs dealing with the communities within the area is horrible, however I do know that the resilience and fervour of the folks within the area, like so many throughout Italy, will prevail by means of this disaster.
“We should do all the things we are able to to assist them at this troublesome time and that’s the reason we’re donating to assist assist the aid efforts on the bottom.
“My ideas, on behalf of all the Components 1 group, are with everybody affected and we need to thank the emergency providers for his or her unimaginable work.”
The mayor of Ravenna, one of many cities badly affected, advised the BBC it was the worst catastrophe in Italy in a century.
Michele de Pascale described the harm attributable to the floods as catastrophic, costing folks in his metropolis and the broader area their properties, possessions and for some, their lives.
After six months’ rain fell in a day and a half, at the very least 13 folks have been killed after nearly each river flooded between Bologna and the north-east coast 115km (70 miles) away.
