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[Deleted member 26715]

I'll just leave this here in case you have time to watch

View: https://youtu.be/fMCTV-pOoRI

 

[Deleted member 1258]

F1 and Ross Brawn has said that if a team has been refused entry to a host country the race will be postponed, but if a team decides to not attend the race weekend will go ahead.

https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/...hwb94BcVQW0LXs70Lsrc2hzQO0-qlRlk6SJD9M9lnRvPo

They've also said that the Bahrain F1 will be held behind closed doors.

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/937191/1/bahrain-gp-bans-fans-coronavirus-prevention-measures

 

[Beebo]

F1 and Ross Brawn has said that if a team has been refused entry to a host country the race will be postponed, but if a team decides to not attend the race weekend will go ahead.

https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/...hwb94BcVQW0LXs70Lsrc2hzQO0-qlRlk6SJD9M9lnRvPo

They've also said that the Bahrain F1 will be held behind closed doors.

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/937191/1/bahrain-gp-bans-fans-coronavirus-prevention-measures

McLaren have withdrawn from the Australian GP.
Let’s see who else withdraws.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

McLaren have withdrawn from the Australian GP.
Let’s see who else withdraws.

They have logically also withdrawn from Bahrain as well as it's next week, otherwise it's just a publicity stunt.

 

[Beebo]

They have logically also withdrawn from Bahrain as well as it's next week, otherwise it's just a publicity stunt.

Apparently a team member already in Oz has tested positive.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Apparently a team member already in Oz has tested positive.

Correct so with an incubation period of 14 days, there is logically no way they can race in Bahrain which is in 10 days time.

 

[Beebo]

The Oz GP has been postponed now.
I presume Bahrain will have to follow suite.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Thats a shame, but I was surprised they were even going to run it


https://www.crash.net/f1/news/937380/1/australian-grand-prix-be-called-coronavirus-outbreak

 

[Deleted member 26715]

According to the BBC it could be May before the F1 season starts https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51871615 very strange that the BBC are out in front & Sky is well behind https://www.skysports.com/f1

 

[Jody]

https://www.planetf1.com/news/bahrain-vietnam-gps-cancelled-2/

Both Bahrain and Vietnam now cancelled. PF1 reckon the first race could now be Azerbaijan in June

https://www.planetf1.com/news/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2020/

 

[classic33]

According to the BBC it could be May before the F1 season starts https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/51871615 very strange that the BBC are out in front & Sky is well behind https://www.skysports.com/f1

Sky covered the cancellation just after midnight this morning.

 

[Beebo]

Sky covered the cancellation just after midnight this morning.

They were still advertising Sky F1 TV this afternoon.

 

[Jenkins]

Earlier on today it was announced that the first 3 BTCC meetings of the year (Donington Park, Brands Hatch & Silverstone) were being postponed due to the Covid 19 restrictions
http://www.btcc.net/2020/03/17/statement-from-toca/
Then an announcement from Motorsport UK (the UK governing body) put a stop to virtually all race meetings in the UK until May, so nothing from clubbies such as the BARC meeting I was heading to on Sunday up to the Goodwood Members' Meeting. https://www.motorsportuk.org/motorsport-uk-covid-19-update/
Even the short oval meetings and the British Speedway meetings have been suspended: http://www.spedeworth.co.uk/news2.php?id=3387 & https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37980
There may be some karting not run under the Motorsport UK auspices, but that seems to be it for motorsport spectators.

 

[Reynard]

That's pretty well much what I was expecting, given that the government has pulled the plug on the emergency services attending public events...

 

[Beebo]

The first 7 F1 races are cancelled. Including Monaco.
Apparently F1 needs a minimum of 8 races to count as a full season.
Given the logistics of staging the Monaco GP, it is almost certainly can’t be rearranged.