F1 IS GO!
Since F1 went into lockdown, championship CEO Chase Carey has consistently stated his ambition to hold between 15 and 18 grands prix in 2020, though the fluid nature of a global pandemic means it may not be possible to hit that number.
In early June, Formula 1 released dates for the first eight races: an Austrian double-header at the Red Bull Ring, a race in Hungary, then another double-header at Silverstone, the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, followed by races in Belgium and Italy.
HOW MANY RACES WILL THERE BE?
This constitutes the initial European leg of a truncated calendar. To qualify as a proper world championship F1 would ordinarily need to visit at least two more continents, meaning the season couldn’t end with September’s race at Monza lest it be scrubbed from official records. But F1’s managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn suggests this requirement will be relaxed given the extraordinary circumstances, thus these eight races would constitute a minimum viable ‘world’ championship.
The situation remains understandably fluid. The saga of the British Grand Prix has been particularly
