Formula One: Where next for F1? Australian GP canceled, Bahrain in doubt
March 14, 2020 10:19 ISTThere is a suggestion that the season won't get underway until June, at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
There is a suggestion that the season won't get underway until June, at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
The Australian Grand Prix was cancelled after a member of the McLaren Mercedes was tested positive of coronavirus.
The British-based team says the person was self-isolated as soon as they started to show symptoms and “will now enter a period of quarantine.”
Some countries were closing borders and imposing strict travel bans, Hamilton added, “yet F1 continues to go on.”
Growing concern about the virus outbreak which has already forced one race to be postponed while another to be staged without fans.
In 2019-2020, Charles Leclerc brought some “wow” factor back to Ferrari with his speed while it was a case of “Oh, no!” at some of Sebastian Vettel's errors.
The Mercedes driver is aiming for a seventh F1 title this season to equal Michael Schumacher's record, and is seven race wins away from equaling the F1 great's other record of 91.
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn had previously said it will look to reschedule the race if it cannot be held on its originally scheduled date.
The new car, named the SF1000 in anticipation of Ferrari’s 1,000th F1 race midway through the season, has sleeker aerodynamics than last year’s SF90.
Hamilton said he was "lucky enough" to visit Australia -- home of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit -- often and therefore knew first-hand how "beautiful" the Oceanic country was.
The Dutchman was expected to be one of the key cogs in this year's driver market, with his previous contract only keeping him at Red Bull until the end of 2020.
Lewis Hamilton cruised to his 11th victory of the F1 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen cruised to his eighth career-win in the Brazilian Grand Prix, but the disappointment continued for Ferrari.
While Verstappen took the pole position, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished second, followed by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.
Hamilton wrapped up his sixth career F1 championship with a second-place finish at the U.S. Grand Prix, a race he led late until surrendering the position to Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in the final laps.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel will start second place with Red Bull's Max Verstappen at third and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari at fourth.
The F1 has unveiled new rules and new cars for the 2021 season in a bid to improve the competition.
Only Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas' third-place finish denied Hamilton the season championship by the slimmest of margins.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was penalized for not slowing down after Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas had a hard crash just ahead of him on his final lap of Saturday's qualifying.
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas secured top finish in the typhoon-hit Japanese Grand Prix, while Sebastian Vettel finished second.
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