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China News Service, June 13th, F1 officially announced that affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the 2020 season F1 Azerbaijan, Singapore, and Japan Grand Prix officially confirmed the cancellation.
The F1 official explained this: "The reason for these decisions is that the race promoters of various countries face different challenges. In Singapore and Azerbaijan, it takes a long time to prepare the track, so it is impossible to The competition will be held at a certain period. In Japan, continued travel restrictions have also led to the decision to cancel the competition."
Affected by the new Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, the F1 new season, which should have been unveiled in March, has been continuously delayed. Earlier this month, F1 announced the calendar of the first eight races of the 2020 season. The season will officially start on July 3-5 in Austria.
F1 sports affairs director Ross Brown introduced: "If necessary, the European branch may add 1-2 games. At present, I think Bahrain and Abu Dhabi will be the final stage of the season, so we have at least 10 games, and then 5-6 games in between."
He revealed that some European circuits are being evaluated, such as the Italian Mugello circuit, Imola circuit, Hockenheim circuit are under consideration. (Finish)