Portuguese Grand Prix to be held on May 2 at Portimao Circuit
Formula 1 | March 05, 2021 22:21 ISTF1 had said in February that it hoped Portugal could fill the vacant slot on the record 23-race calendar.
F1 had said in February that it hoped Portugal could fill the vacant slot on the record 23-race calendar.
Governing body FIA said Grosjean is stable and was taken by helicopter to a military hospital.
Canadian Stroll was called to the stewards' office for "allegedly non-respecting yellow flags at 16:48 at Turn 7".
The Bahrain Grand Prix on Nov. 29 will be held as usual on the 5.4-kilometer (3.3-mile) circuit that usually hosts races.
That’s a tall order with six-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton as his teammate at Mercedes. Especially as Hamilton needs one more title to equal Michael Schumacher's record of seven.
The Finnish driver edged out the world champion by .012 seconds at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
The British driver was .356 seconds ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas on the 4.3-kilometer (2.7-mile) Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg
The Mercedes driver said the aim of the Hamilton Commission would be to make the sport “become as diverse as the complex and multicultural world we live in.”
Wolff stated they are happy with the racers on their roster presently but in case the situation changes, they could look at Vettel.
F1 wants to avoid a repeat of the season opener in Australia in March, which was canceled when the McLaren team withdrew after a staff member tested positive for the virus.
The 14-day compulsory quarantine rule in England is set to exempted for elite sports athletes, opening door for hosting F1 races in the country.
Hamilton revealed asking himself questions regarding his future while being under mandatory lockdown as a precautionary measure against the virus.
Formula One boss Chase Carey had said earlier in the week that F1 is looking to start the season with the Austrian GP after the French GP was called off.
Silverstone are currently negotiating with the British government and F1 bosses on whether there is a possibility to host the race, originally set for July, at some point without fans.
McLaren, Williams and Racing Point, have all furloughed their staffs in the past weeks in a bid to cope up with the financial loss during the pandemic.
Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has already said that the 2020/21 Championship should be cancelled.
This weekend's race, in lieu of the inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix, will see Stokes race alongside Leclerc, Red Bull's Alex Albon, Williams' George Russell, McLaren's Lando Norris and WIlliams' Nicholas Latifi.
The first eight races of the Formula 1 season have been either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all sporting events in the United Kingdom have also come to a close.
The 76-year-old said he had the idea to bring his Formula 1 drivers and juniors together in a camp, which "would be the ideal time for the infection to come."
The original 2020 calendar had 22 races but the season is yet to start with the first eight postponed or cancelled and more likely to be called off amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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