HANOI: Formula One's season was thrown into turmoil on Saturday (March 14) with the Australian Grand Prix cancelled just hours before cars were due to hit the track, and races in Vietnam and Bahrain subsequently called off as well as the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic takes its toll.
The decisions follow the postponement last month of April's Chinese Grand Prix, leaving motorsport chiefs scrambling to revise the calendar and proposing the end of May as a potential start date for the season.
Formula One and the FIA, world motorsport's governing body, said they"expect to begin the Championship in Europe at the end of May but given the sharp increase in Covid-19 cases in Europe in recent days, this will be regularly reviewed." McLaren revealed Friday that 14 other staff were now in a mandatory two-week quarantine after being in close contact with the man.
Teams quickly began packing up to leave the circuit as some fans, many travelling from overseas, fumed at the way they were treated. Last year Vietnam signed a 10-year deal with Formula One to host an event state media said would cost the country $60 million per year.
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