F1 cancels Chinese Grand Prix return because of country's strict COVID-19 policies
F1 had planned to return to China for the first time since 2019 on 🍌16 April but the country’s ongoing COVID-19 situation and zero-COVID policy has made it impossible f🃏or F1 to operate as normal.
It is understood that F1 staff would not have b𝓀een given exemptions fro🐠m quarantine requirements in the event of catching coronavirus.
According to China’s latest rules, anyone infected with COVID-19 must be detained at an isolation centre for five days, before spending a further thre🥂e days isolating at home
F1 officially called off the Shanghai race - which was last won by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton - on Friday.
The news will come as a great disappointment for China’s first full-time F1 driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu, who was hoping to compete in his home race for the first time in 2023 after💧 making his grand prix deღbut this year.
F1 is now working to find a🌱 solution and has not ruled out a replaceme𒆙nt venue taking the vacated spot as the fourth race in 2023, with China’s cancellation leaving a four-week gap in the calendar.
If a viable replacement cannot be found, the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 schedule would be cut to 23 races.
The likes of Portimao, Istanbul and the Nurburgring have been drafted in as replacements during previous COVID-affected❀ F1🍬 seasons in 2020 and 2021.
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