The organizing committee of the French Grand Prix of the Formula One world championship (F1) announced on the 27th that due to the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, the competition scheduled to be held at the Paul Ricardo circuit at the end of June will be canceled.
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 27 (reporter Xiao Yazhuo) world Formula One championship (F1) the organizing committee of the French Grand Prix announced on the 27th that affected by the outbreak of the new Crown pneumonia, the site race scheduled to be held at the Paul Ricardo circuit at the end of June will be canceled, which is also the 10th F1 race postponed or canceled by the epidemic so far this season.
“In view of the continuous spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, we have noticed various countermeasures issued by the French government to fight against the epidemic, which also makes our preparations for the competition unable to proceed.” Eric Brill, executive director of the French Grand Prix, said.
“We have now focused on the 2021 competition, hoping to bring the audience an unprecedented wonderful event.”
On the same day, Chase Carey, chief executive officer of F1, announced the revised F1 race plan for 2020.
“Our goal is to start this year’s competition in Europe in July, August and September. The first race will be the Austrian Grand Prix in July 3-5. Then the competition will move to Asia, America and other places to continue. The previously postponed Bahrain Grand Prix and the traditional F1 ending war-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be held in December.” Carey said.
According to the current plan, the first few races will be “held in the open field”. However, Carey said that with the progress of the event, F1 hopes that after the situation improves, the audience will be present in the next game.
“Health and safety are still our most important considerations. Only when we ensure that there are reliable procedures to solve possible risks and problems can we move forward.” Carey stressed.
In addition, Stuart Pringle, the director of F1 British Grand Prix, announced on social media that there would be no audience to watch the British Grand Prix on July 17-19.