BHP Motorsports Magazine

F1 starting with Austria double header
Formula 1 confirmed
the 2020 season will
begin in Austria
next month – and
revealed details on
the first eight
races of a new
calendar. After
racing was put on
hold because of the
coronavirus
outbreak, F1, the
teams and the FIA
have been working to
put together a plan
to allow the season
to begin safely, and
today F1 chief
executive Chase
Carey outlined the
first part of a
revised calendar of
races. The season
will kick off with
the Austrian Grand
Prix at the Red Bull
Ring on July 5,
followed a week
later by a second
race at the same
track. The Hungarian
Grand Prix will
follow a week after
that, before a
break. Then there
will be two back to
back races at
Silverstone,
followed by the
Spanish Grand Prix
at Barcelona.
The Belgian Grand
Prix will follow
that, with the
Italian Grand Prix
at Monza a week
later on September
6. All the races
will be supported by
Formula 2 and
Formula 3. Due to
the ongoing fluidity
of the COVID-19
situation
internationally, F1
will be finalising
the details of the
wider calendar and
hope to publish that
in the coming weeks
with an expectation
of having a total of