News Details

Azerbaijan postponed, further pushing back F1 season start date

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will no longer take place on its planned date of June 7, it has been announced, becoming the latest event to fall to the coronavirus. Formula 1 had already postponed five of its intended opening seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the others – Australia and Monaco – cancelled entirely. It had been hoped that the season could get underway with the event around the streets of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on June 7. But on Monday event organisers announced that it will not go ahead on its scheduled date. It is hoped that the grand prix can be rearranged for later in the year. Baku joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2016 and for 2018 switched to an...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

COVID-19: Dutch, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix...

As has been widely expected Formula 1 have postponed the Dutch, Spanish...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Azerbaijan Grand Prix set to be postponed due to...

The 2020 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is set to be postponed, with the growing...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

F1 launches Virtual Grand Prix Series to replace...

Using the F1 2019 racing game developed by Codemasters, Formula 1 has...
6y ago from TheParcFerme.com

COVID-19: Le Mans 24 Hours postponed to September

The legendary Le Mans 24 hours sportscar race has been postponed from...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Atletico Madrid preview : Everton tilt title race in...

Morning all. It seems a bit insane to feel like I should start a blog on...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Not for sale: 19-year-old has no chance of leaving...

The upcoming summer transfer window wouldn't be complete without a massive...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“If Arsenal win that game, they’ve won the...

Jamie Carragher has tipped Arsenal to effectively wrap up the Premier...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Now it is not in our hands” - Pep Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said that the Premier League title race...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.