How an eight-race F1 championship would have played out
Amid concern that the reduced 2020 calendar will make for an unrepresentative season when Formula 1 finally gets underway next month, Autosport ran the numbers on the equivalent set of races from 2019. The findings make for revealing reading...
The long wait for the start of the new Formula 1 season appears to be coming to an end as plans ramp up for the opening round in Austria next month.
The COVID-19 pandemic will result in an unprecedented F1 season, featuring multiple races at the same circuit for the first time, while some new tracks are aiming to try and join the schedule as late stand-ins for cancelled rounds.
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Luke Smith is Autosport’s Formula 1 reporter. Luke has been working in F1 as a journalist since 2013, initially alongside a History degree at University College London. Luke served as the lead F1 writer at American broadcaster NBC Sports from 2013-17 before spending two years as the F1 Editor for Crash.net. Luke joined Autosport for the 2020 season.
Luke is also a contributor to The New York Times for its F1 special reports, and has previously worked with Al Jazeera and CNBC, as well as hosting FIA press conferences. Outside of F1, Luke is a fan of sports and music, with an ever-growing vinyl collection, and has being bitten by the running bug in recent years. He also runs a surprisingly popular blog reviewing the often-terrible media centre coffee from his F1 travels.
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