While at a seminar this weekend at Thammasat University, two hundred people agreed to gather at Democracy Monument next Saturday in order to protest the proposed route of Bangkok’s first Formula One race, which is slated to take place in the historic district of Rattanakosin.
The protesters plan to stop the Sports Authority of Thailand from asking the cabinet to approve the F1 circuit proposal. The F1 race, currently slated for 2015, would require a race circuit that costs roughly TBH5 billion.
The protesters are concerned that the F1 race will damage historic buildings on Rattanakosin Island, which includes the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Bangkok Post reported.
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The proposed F1 racecourse. Infographic: Kajonsak Intarapong
