Better late than never
Formula 1’s handling of the aborted 2020 Australian Grand Prix was naive at best and shambolic at worst. But in the near-fortnight since then, the championship’s key stakeholders have taken a series of decisions that are clearly designed to protect various F1 elements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The big three announcements are that F1’s 2020 summer shutdown has been extended – from 14 to 21 days – and brought forward to March and April; the 2021 rules revolution has been postponed until 2022; and the Dutch,
