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JEAN TODT: FORMULA 1 is working on the “standard” calendar of the 2021 season, but “.

Compiling a Formula 1 calendar due to the coronavirus remains a problem for next season, as Jean Todt, President of the FIA, is aware and issues the current situation.

Because coronavirus pandemics was formula 1 forced to extensively revise this year’s race calendar. Four of the 13 confirmed races have already been successfully completed. With further races in Bahrain in Abu Dhabi could cover the season by the end of the year 16 or 17 races - of the originally 22 planned.

Will there be these 22 dirk can be derived in next year, is not yet clear. I actually would have formula 1 by this time a large part of the schedule of the following season had already been arranged. But make plans for 2021, is a very difficult business given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Otherwise FIA in formula 1 they are already working on a plan for next year, which he has also issued Jean Todt as part of the first racing weekend in Silverston. To begin with, however, due to the circumstances, it is necessary tostandard”Calendar.

The president of the FIA ​​has revealed that they are already working on the calendar of the 2021 season, which is supposed to be standard, but whether this means that it will be possible to run all 22 races is not yet clear - Photo: HB Press

"The organizers are working on a calendar, which will then be handed to the FIA,”He explained Dead procedure. “So far, all the organizers are working on, I would say, a standard calendar. However, we don’t know if this standard calendar will work as well.“It depends a lot on the situation in individual countries. “We may have events on our calendar, but the affected country is of the opinion that no sporting events can be held or that quarantine is required if you enter a country or if you return to a country."

That's essential complicate planning and explain that Dead reckons there will be a pandemic Formula 1 employed even after the end of the current season and forced her into creative solutions. Thus, it is not excluded that the years will pass 2021 on the calendar again found countries that were not originally envisaged at all. Responsibilityto organize an alternative location is otherwise on the side of the owner commercial rights, he points out Dead. "However, we work together wherever possible."

Both the FIA ​​and Liberty Media are aware that they will continue to deal with the coronavirus pandemic next year, so they need to be very flexible when planning races.

The first assumption is that they have tracks first class status certificate from the FIA. "This significantly reduces existing options.“Nevertheless, he is the president FIA satisfied with the number of matching racetracks. “If we look at the list of first class certified racetracks, we have a whole range of tracks on which a motorsport race has never been held before."

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