Grand Prix Season stops before it starts!

I’m really surprised they didn’t cancel 2 weeks ago before shipping hundreds of tons of equipment and thousands of people

Oneputt

I expect its down to one word "money"? I agree they should have seen this coming especially with the Italian teams!!! Simon is concerned about his trackside IT team as I think one of them might have been tested although it seems one one person from another team was confirmed with the virus. 

David

Of course it’s down to money but I’m sure it must cost millions to cart the circus around the world.  

Certainly was money, there was a lot of vacillation between the hosts and the FIA and formula one over financial responsibility. They were helped in there decision though by Seb and Kimi flying back to Europe and Mercedes saying neither of their drivers would take part. Otherwise who knows what the decision might have been. Apparently Hamilton was against taking the circus to Australia,

Disappointing though it is, it is comforting that I shan't have to endure interminable football on TV. Every cloud and all that.

No one forces you to watch "interminable football", CY, you can ways swap channels or even switch the thing off.

It seems they started to freight some equipment to Australia about a month ago and probably at that stage no one realised what would happen over the coming weeks. Four GP's cancelled thus far, they hope to resume in early May.

David

Oh no, Nell we cannot do that, You know we must get as much use out of our tele licences before they start charging oodles of filthy lucre for 'em again  !!

Following the times in practice sessions it does look like it will be the same boring procession as 2019.  Hopefully the changes in 2021 will make some difference.

Mercedes one two in the practice session for the Austrian GP followed by Verstappen so no change there following lockdown.  Perhaps there will be some racing worth watching at the middle and back of the field.