Saturday, 13 June 2020

Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix Cancelled!

It was confirmed on Friday (12/6/20), this seasons Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japanese Grand Prix has been all cancelled altogether due to the coronavirus pandemic.



The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was set to be the eighth round of the season, on June 7th, Singapore Grand Prix was set to be the sixteenth round of the season, on September 20th; while the Japanese Grand Prix was set to be the eighteenth round of the season, on October 11th.

The race at Suzuka is off as a result of Japan's ban on many international travellers.

While races in Singapore and Baku cannot be held because the street circuits cannot be built in the current climate.

Meaning eleven of the first eighteen races originally in Australia, Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Holland, Monaco, Azerbaijan, Canada, France, Singapore and Japan had already been postponed or called off due to the pandemic.

While the MotoGP rounds at Mugello, Sachsenring, TT Circuit Assen, Kymi Ring, Silverstone, Motegi and Phillip Island are all been cancelled altogether this season for 2020.



Coronavirus, officially named Covid-19, that has killed nearly 420,000 people, with over 7,500,000, cases reported.

Stay safe everyone.

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