Prevention measures in Australia would cause the first race of the year to be held a week later in Bahrain.
the Australian Grand Prix, Scheduled for March 21 to open the 2021 season of the formula 1, Is in doubt, due to strict Australian country restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to information from Sky Sports, There is very little chance that the new F1 campaign will start in Australia, as planned on the calendar.
The opening race scheduled for Australia will be postponed until the end of the year, due to strict quarantine restrictions in Melbourne.
When questioned regarding the probable adjournment, a spokesman for the F1 confirmed that they expect to start the season in March, but without confirming the venue.
“In 2020 we showed that we could compete safely and we achieved what many thought in March was impossible,” he noted. “We have set our 2021 calendar and look forward to the return of F1 in March this year,” he confirmed.
Faced with a possible change, Bahrain’s GP, scheduled for March 28, would be the race that could replace Australia as the season opener.
In the same way, the sale of seats for the March 21 test at Albert Park has not gone on sale, Which is why the possibility of postponing the return of F1 to Australia is gaining momentum.
Another reason Melbourne GP would not be viable is that the Victorian government has set a mandatory 14-day quarantine for Australian Open staff, so in the face of this F1 it would be subject to the same rules and the award could not be made in this way.
In case of confirmation, the Australian Grand Prix would further extend its return, after last year’s edition was canceled, after in the first practice of the Albert Park city circuit it had been canceled due to an element of the McLaren team presented a positive result for Covid-19.