With Covid-19 curtailing activity globally, that F1 felt it could escape unscathed seems hopelessly naive
For a sport proud of presenting its drama on a global stage Formula One’s curtain raiser in Melbourne offered only farce. With the Australian Grand Prix cancelled because of the coronavirus, events that have seemed all too predictable were portrayed as having accelerated beyond expectations. The governing bodies left wringing their hands, protesting impotence as the wheels came off and with the opening meetings of the new season also most likely condemned to cancellation. The global drama brought low by the global pandemic.
On Friday morning at Albert Park, F1, the sport’s governing body the FIA and race organisers the Australian Grand Prix Corporation announced the race was to be abandoned. It had been almost 12 hours since McLaren announced that one of its team members had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Written by Giles Richards in Melbourne
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/13/australian-grand-prix-formula-one-mismanagement-coronavirus under the title “Formula One brought to its knees by pandemic and mismanagement | Giles Richards”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
