Formula One season to start on July 5; eight races confirmed
Formula 1 | June 02, 2020 15:44 ISTThe Austrian Grand Prix will kickstart the Formula One season on July 5.
The Austrian Grand Prix will kickstart the Formula One season on July 5.
F1′s finances have taken a significant hit with the first 10 races of the season either cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The race was set to take place at reworked Zandvoort circuit after for the first time since 1985 but fans in the country will have to wait for another year to see action from quarters.
McLaren's former Chief Operating Officer Simon Roberts joined British F1 team Williams as their director.
Vettel has won 14 races for Ferrari but failed to add to the four titles he won with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013.
F1 chairman Chase Carey has said that the possibility of hosting races on new tracks is currently being considered.
Footballers Sergio Aguero, Thibaut Courtois and Arthur will make their Formula One Esports debut in the Spanish Grand Prix.
Despite the first 10 races having been cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the targeted start date is July 5 in Austria.
The International Automobile Federation announced the extension of F1's shutdown period by more than four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The 2020/21 F1 season has thus far failed to get underway with the first practice session of the year ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix being called off just two hours before it was about to start.
Formula One chairman Chase Carey has said that he is optimistic for the F1 season to start in the first week of July.
The French Grand Prix has become the third F1 race to be cancelled this season due to coronavirus pandemic.
The entire sporting calendar of the world has been shredded by the pandemic and the F1 season is no different.
Mercedes Formula 1 Team Principal Toto Wolff has bought a 4.77 per cent stake in Aston Martin.
Sebastian Vettel, a four-time world champion is out of contract at the end of 2020.
Red Bull athlete Max Verstappen recorded three podiums from four races in a standout debut performance in the second round of the Australian Supercars All-Stars Eseries.
Ricciardo is among the world's highest-paid sportspeople, with a reported annual salary of $25 million.
Moss career ended early, at age 31, after a horrific crash left him in a coma for a month in April 1962.
Formula One official Ross Brown has hinted of a possibility to restart the Formula One season in July.
McLaren's Formula One drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris are taking pay cuts, while the team is furloughing other employees as part of protective cost-cutting during the coronavirus pandemic.
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