The Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne is expected to be rescheduled from its season-opening slot to later in the year due to COVID-19 pandemics and tightening local quarantine rules.
Tickets for the March 21 race at Albert Park have not yet sold out.
A Formula One spokesman, who was questioned Monday about media reports of cancellation, said the sport was looking forward to racing again in March.
He did not specify where, with the Bahrain Grand Prix also recorded in March.
“In 2020 we proved that we could safely return to racing and delivered what many thought was impossible in March,” he said. “We have launched our 2021 calendar and We look forward to returning F1 in March this year. “
Local organizers in Melbourne were not immediately available for comment but various reports said it was likely to be delayed, rather than postponed for the second year in a row, to be announced later. in January.
Construction work to build large fences and stands around the temporary street usually began before the end of January.
Last year’s Australian Grand Prix was postponed, just hours before the first practice was expected to start at the Albert Park street tour, when a member of the McLaren team tested positive for the virus.
The final season in Austria began in July, with the calendar heavily reorganized and reduced from the original 22-race record to 17 in Europe and the Middle East.
The Bahhir Sakhir tour, which is set to host round two on March 28, ended with hosting two races in late November and early December.
Crews, drivers and travel media had to test negative before they traveled and again upon arrival, with a short quarantine to know the results.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, Britain’s seven-time world champion, lost Sakhir’s second race after testing positive for the virus.
Melbourne would usher in a much longer period of forced loneliness.
Hundreds of top tennis players, who are expected to arrive in Melbourne in mid-January, will have to spend 14 days in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open 8-21 in February.
Seven of the 10 teams at Formula One are based in England, where things are escalating due to a new infectious variant of the coronavirus. Many countries have closed their borders to British travelers.