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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...
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