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The decisions F1 is taking to avert disaster

A busy week of news has enveloped the F1 world. Three more races have been struck from their calendar slots due to the COVID-19 outbreak, while 2021's car rules have been postponed. After the fiasco of Australia, F1 is now beginning to make sensible decisions to avert disaster in a time of crisis

Alex Kalinauckas Mar 20, 2020, 2:42 PM

What a difference a week makes. Only seven days ago, Formula 1 was reeling from the cancellation of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix - specifically the handling of an unfolding crisis, which was naive at best and shambolic at worst.

Now, the championship's key stakeholders have taken a series of decisions that are clearly designed to protect various elements of F1 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.