Asphalt and coronavirus, reasons for F1 cancellations so far

from 2020 Australian Grand Prix, When the coronavirus pandemic began and the first cases of the new coronavirus hit the paddock recently arriving in Melbourne, the grand prix had not been canceled hours after the start and the circuit was already ready with all the materials. It was the same as before, because it had been. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, scheduled for this weekend at the historic Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, was canceled on Wednesday.

F1 officials have rarely canceled an event in the 74 years of the ‘great circus’. But his last two are apparently due to force majeure. Melbourne 2020 The pandemic, which has already killed thousands and later millions around the world, all had an unknown death toll. The rest of the Grand Prix was then canceled in a chain reaction due to stay-at-home orders, before the calendar was rewritten and the campaign resumed in July.

This time Imola 2023 Humanitarian reasons are understandably paramount in decisions in severe flood emergencies where lives have been lost.

We have to go back to 1957. Confirms that the Belgian and Dutch Grands Prix have been canceled for the first time due to the Suez Canal Crisis following the nationalization by Egypt and the resulting oil supply crisis. An additional race was held at Pescara at the end of the season.

in 1985again Spa was the protagonist of the first race postponement. The track was resurfaced just before the test, but the asphalt was not given time to settle. As the cars departed on Friday, the new pavement began to lift, making it impossible to race, so the race was postponed to September.

Bahrain Grand Prix We couldn’t hold it from March 11th to 13th, 2011 as a result of a popular uprising within the framework of what is called “Arab Spring” And it has also expanded to the countries of the Persian Gulf. Local officials encouraged the race to be canceled a month before it started. The official cancellation was announced on February 21st.

one year ago, 2010was the year the volcano erupted. Eyjafjallajokull Iceland paralyzed European airspace and changed the team’s plans between the Chinese Grand Prix and the next Spanish Grand Prix on the calendar, but to no avail.

Yes, it’s the hanshin awaji earthquake instead. In January 1995, the Pacific GP scheduled to be held in Okayama on April 16 was canceled and postponed to October.

Other suspensions include: strike Number of pilots due to dangerous circuit conditions: Belgium 1969 was canceled for this reason and several races were held GP “Pirates” It does not appear in the books as either team abandoned the Jarama ‘1980, Sula Africa ‘1981 and other circuits at the time. “GP of Shame”At Indianapolis in 2005, only six cars ran, and the cars with Michelin were withdrawn because the cars with Bridgestone were not guaranteed to be safe.