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The 2020 Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix has been indefinitely postponed (probably cancelled), on the eve of the first day of free practics on Friday, triggered by the withdrawal of McLaren whose team members in Melbourne were struck with the virus. As the planet grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, F1 and the FIA have been accused of burying their heads in the sand by not postponing the start of the season this weekend in Melbourne. However circumstances stole the luxury of decision making, now the sport will have to count the costs and weigh up the repercussions of not having the foresight, amid calls to do so from swathes of the F1 community, to postpone Sunday’s opening race far earlier. The FIA and F1 chiefs met with team bosses until the late hours of the night to thrash out a solution, with mixed signals emerging as media speculated while contradicting one another. Sky F1 reporting the race was on, and BBC saying the opposite. The first hint of something amiss came earlier when FOM TV crews were told that they would not be working Friday at the track when FP1 and FP2 were scheduled to happen and were to remain in their rooms. The protracted decision to call off the weekend was made after consultation between the FIA, F1, race teams, race organisers and local health services. Earlier this month, when the sport faced the prospect of a team or two (from Italy) missing the opening round, F1 motorsport chief Ross Brawn told media, “If a team is prevented from entering a country we can’t have a race. Not a F1 world championship race, anyway, because that would be unfair. “Obviously if a team makes its own choice not to go to a race, that’s their decision,” he added, long before McLaren’s call today to do the latter. While talk of a doubleheader Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, behind closed doors was doing the rounds in the climate of disinformation prevailing on the ground in Melbourne, the reality is that it too is likely to be axed from the schedule as has the Chinese Grand Prix already. This week Bahrain suspended flights to and from Dubai where a large portion of the F1 entourage have to transit through. Meanwhile, the latest figures reveal that the island kingdom has the world’s fourth-highest per capita rate of positive Coronavirus cases. Hardly enticing for the sport whose six-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton is also questioning the wisdom of staging the race, admitting on social media that he feels safer in his hotel room.
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Result of Test 2 , day 3 & final day testing at Barcelona !
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Result of Test 2 , day 2 at Barcelona !
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Result of Test 2 , day 1 at Barcelona !
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Post: #3010 Last edited: 22.02.2020, 18:51 22.02.2020, 18:50 Re: Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
Result of day 3 final testing at Barcelona !
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The 2020 calendar of Formula 1 for this season !
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Result of the 2nd testday at Barcelona !
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The Formula 1 cars for this season 2020 !
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It's almost that time again
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DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS :
1. LEWIS HAMILTON GBR MERCEDES 412 points ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 326 points 3. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull 278 points 4. Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 264 points 5. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 240 points 6. Carlos Sainz jr. ESP McLaren 96 points 7. Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull / Toro Rosso 95 points 8. Alexander Albon THA Toro Rosso / Red Bull 92 points 9. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault 54 points 10. Sergio Perez MEX Racing Point 52 points 11. Lando Norris GBR McLaren 49 points 12. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Alfa Romeo 43 points 13. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault & Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso 37 points 15. Lance Stroll CAN Racing Point 21 points 16. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas 20 points 17. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo 14 points 18. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas 8 points 19. Robert Kubica POL Williams 1 point CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS : 1. MERCEDES 738 points ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2. Ferrari 504 points 3. Red Bull 417 points 4. McLaren 146 points 5. Renault 92 points 6. Toro Rosso 85 points 7. Racing Point 71 points 8. Alfa Romeo 57 points 9. Haas 28 points 10. Williams 1 point |
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Result of the final race of season 2019 :
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Result of the final qualifying of season 2018 :
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Result of the 1st practice session :
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