The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is set to continue into the 2021 Formula 1 season with the early stages of the calendar likely to be restructured. Formula 1’s 2020 calendar was heavily overhauled on account of the pandemic, with over half of the original events cancelled, and several new and returning venues stepping in to fill the void. Formula 1’s provisional 23-round 2021 calendar features a roster of events similar to the pre-pandemic 2020 schedule, along with the addition of Saudi Arabia, and absence of Vietnam. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix, planned for March 21, is now poised to be postponed due to the pandemic. Formula 1 had held out hope of creating a biosphere,...
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