Chinese gp canceled?

jonneymendoza · 26 Feb 2020 at 16:08

CaptainRAVE said:
Many events probably should be, but for the sponsors and money they'll probably hold off. I wonder whether F1 could survive a year off?

what more the olympics and even the euro 2020 football tournament this summer?

jonneymendoza · 26 Feb 2020 at 16:08

Flibster said:
Nope. Australia as well.

Could be down to an 18 race season soon.

Where is the info about Australia?

GravyMonster · 26 Feb 2020 at 16:12

https://www.3aw.com.au/all-options-...k-australian-f1-gp-amid-coronavirus-concerns/

It's still on for the moment, but...

Victoria’s health chief says authorities can’t rule out cancelling major international events such as next month’s Australian Grand Prix

Can't say I'd be too gutted about Vietnam being cancelled. It looks like a dreadful track in yet another country with no interest in F1.

Flibster · 26 Feb 2020 at 19:03

Who'd have thought that we could be looking at the Dutch Grand Prix being the season opener... :eek:

cainer · 26 Feb 2020 at 23:46

Here's a thought.. It's possable that they may exclude fans from 'problem countries' in order to still run the race,
that way they still get their TV revenue

Ryan-3 · 26 Feb 2020 at 23:48

There's the potential for Mugello to be on the calendar, as they apparently want the China slot. Now that's an epic track.

MissChief · 27 Feb 2020 at 01:06

Ryan-3 said:
There's the potential for Mugello to be on the calendar, as they apparently want the China slot. Now that's an epic track.

Italy has the most confirmed Coronavirus cases in the whole of Europe. I’m not convinced it won’t be as bad as China!

Journey · 8 Mar 2020 at 15:51

Bahrain is closed to spectators, are all the teams going to turn up is the question?

jonneymendoza · 8 Mar 2020 at 15:54

Journey said:
Bahrain is closed to spectators, are all the teams going to turn up is the question?

Looking bad

CaptainRAVE · 8 Mar 2020 at 15:58

Journey said:
Bahrain is closed to spectators, are all the teams going to turn up is the question?

Why wouldn’t they?

jonneymendoza · 8 Mar 2020 at 15:58

CaptainRAVE said:
Why wouldn’t they?

Italian teams...

Journey · 8 Mar 2020 at 16:01

CaptainRAVE said:
Why wouldn’t they?

Teams have a huge amount of personnel, and chances are some of them will be impacted by restrictions on movement. If they are crucial members of the team, and can't assemble a full team for the entire weekend, and there are any safety doubts I can't see them being happy running cars.

Flibster · 8 Mar 2020 at 16:40

With the quarantine of 16 million people in Italy until at least April 3rd this could get interesting. Modena and Milan are two of the quarantine areas.

Ferrari are based in Modena.
Pirelli are based in Milan.

Could also affect Haas and Alfa Romeo's engine supplies.

Alpha Tauri are in Faenza, and are currently not under quarantine.

Flibster · 8 Mar 2020 at 22:36

Apparently some media peoples flights post Australian GP have been moved quite a lot...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1236754083274514438

Leaving before the grand prix. Genius! If only an airline sponsored the Bahrain Grand Prix.. Oh... Wait...

Journey · 8 Mar 2020 at 22:40

Flibster said:
Leaving before the grand prix. Genius! If only an airline sponsored the Bahrain Grand Prix.. Oh... Wait

You would be upset if it wasn't such a serious global issue. It would also be almost funny.

koolpc · 8 Mar 2020 at 22:51

Guess Ferrari could be absent from a number of GP's!

MissChief · 9 Mar 2020 at 00:00

koolpc said:
Guess Ferrari could be absent from a number of GP's!

The FIA have already stated if one team can't attend there will be no GP.

CaptainRAVE · 9 Mar 2020 at 08:07

koolpc said:
Guess Ferrari could be absent from a number of GP's!

Given its ferrari they’ll probably be allowed to leave the quarantine.

GravyMonster · 9 Mar 2020 at 10:18

koolpc said:
Guess Ferrari could be absent from a number of GP's!

Journey · 9 Mar 2020 at 18:40

Looking more and more likely that if races are run the will be no fans/spectators allowed at all, once Australia is done and dusted, that's assuming the Australian government don't change there mind before Friday and stop spectators.