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Azerbaijani Official: We want to avoid disaster like Australia

Azerbaijan Grand Prix organisers were given little choice but to postpone the race when they did, according to Baku City Circuit executive director Arif Rahimov. A race that many on the grid were hoping would act as the opener of the 2020 season, instead Baku went the way of the seven grands prix before it in being called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As Rahimov explains, it was a tough decision but one they felt was necessary in light of what had happened with the last-minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix. “When you have a precedent it’s easier to work with everyone, because everyone understands the pain that you’re going through,” began in a conversation with...
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