News Details

French GP hopes fade as Macron extends lockdown

The prospect of Formula 1’s French Grand Prix taking place as scheduled has diminished amidst the extension of restrictions in the country, as announced on Monday. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the postponement or cancellation of nine grands prix, up to and including mid-June’s Canadian Grand Prix. Canada’s postponement means France, slated for June 28 at Circuit Paul Ricard, is currently scheduled as the opening round of the 2020 campaign. But on Monday evening French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation and announced an extension of the lockdown that has been in place since March 17, and which was due to expire on April 15. It will now be extended until...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Insight: When F1's season last opened in Europe

The official postponement of the Canadian Grand Prix has raised the...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Renault joins Esports with Vitality, Ocon to appear

Renault has teamed up with its Esports partner, Team Vitality, for a...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Montreal officially confirms Canadian GP postponement

As expected, organisers for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal have...
6y ago from F1i.com

Latifi disappointed in postponement Canadian Grand Prix

Nicholas Latifi is the newcomer to Formula 1 this year, but his debut has...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati believes new MotoGP upgrades will help it...

Ducati believes its latest Jerez MotoGP test upgrades should help it take...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

All drivers clear Indy 500 Rookie Orientation...

IndyCar’s two-day test session for the Indianapolis 500 got underway...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'No business starting', 'Threw the match away' -...

Atletico Madrid fans on X are fuming at Diego Simeone after he included...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Liverpool and Chelsea join Arsenal in the chase for...

Liverpool and Chelsea are interested in signing the Norwegian midfielder...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'What is this Arteta?', 'Arteta never learns' -...

Arsenal fans are furious with Mikel Arteta's decision to start Ben White...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Atletico Madrid v Arsenal – live blog

Join us for live blog coverage of our Champions League semi-final clash...
1h ago from Arseblog.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.