According to press reports, the 2021 F1 World Car Speed Championship will start in March in Bahrain instead of Australia.
| It’s easy not to start the season in Melbourne this year either (Photo: AFP) |
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Several international magazines wrote on Monday that the Melbourne race organizers had already agreed to replace the Australian Grand Prix at a later time as strict measures were introduced in the country, including 14 days of mandatory quarantine, for entrants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Because. Due to the pandemic and related regulations, the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, which takes place from February 8 instead of the traditional January end date, has also been postponed.
Formula 1 drivers set the start date for the first race in the record-long 23-race schedule on March 21 in Melbourne, while the Bahraini Grand Prix was scheduled to take place a week later on March 28.
Tickets have yet to go on sale in Australia, and Monday’s press releases have not been officially commented by Melbourne organizers or F1 management.
The inaugural race weekend could not be held last year in Melbourne due to the Coronavirus epidemic and it did not happen later, the season could only start in July in Austria and end with only 17 runners instead of 22. There were also two competitions in Bahrain for the year. The last, the Bahrain Grand Prix in late November, and the Sahara Grand Prix in early December.
Complicating matters further is the fact that seven of the ten Formula 1 teams are headquartered in the United Kingdom, where a new mutation in the virus has emerged and the number of positive cases has also increased in recent weeks. Therefore, it is not currently possible to travel from Britain to many countries around the world.
Last year, three jockeys, Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll (both Racing Point), and now seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) were infected with the virus and had to quarantine. Formula 1 sports director Ross Browne reported that after the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ended, about 80,000 tests were performed on sports workers in 2020 in the 17 races, and the result was positive in fewer than 100 cases, an increase of 0.11 in Cent. Means.
The Hungarian Grand Prix was held on July 19 last year, behind closed doors in Hungaroringen, and this year’s calendar includes a weekend race in Mogyoród on August 1.
