Bojan Vrbnjak
A long-established website of a Dutch magazine Formula 1 reports that the prestigious event in Monte Carlo, in addition to racing Grand Prix of Azerbaijan in Canadian GP, canceled for the second time in a row. The reason for this is the still ongoing global health pandemic and uncertainty, which it still causes around the world in view planning.
For street races like v Monte Carlo, Baku in Montreal, the organization of the race must start months in advance, and officials are reluctant to commit to such plans if there is any doubt about the race due to a pandemic. Despite introduction of vaccines against Covid-19, which are already used today in many countries, remains too many questions about whether life will be in the first half of the year 2021 normalized. Magazine report Formula 1 states that they will Monako (May 23), Azerbajdžan (June 6) and Canada (June 13), according to well-informed sources, fell again from the race calendar, as was the case last year. Forecast official cancellations is expected next month.
They add that it is Canada for some time closed the borders to foreigners and has very strictly corona policy. At the racetrack Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, as in Monte Carlo and Baku, is necessary setting up grandstands, paddock in living quarters start very early. Last year there was a race in Montreal definitively canceled in early April. But Dutch colleagues state that it is contingency plan already formed. This would mean replacing this trio of street races with three venues that jumped in last year due to the pandemic, and these are Istanbul, Mugello in Nurburgring. On the calendar of races this season, after the cancellation of the race in Vietnam already one empty space, this is supposed to be filled Portugal namely on May 2 to simplify the logistics before the race in Barcelona a week later.
Imola however, as is well known, 18. April hosted the race VN Emilija Romanje. Traditional racetrack in Italy will pop in instead Of China, where the race is moved to indefinitely (or rather it will be canceled), Australia so she got a new appointment 21. November, so the 2021 season will begin March 28 in Bahrain, where there will also be winter testing.
