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The ingrained failure motorsport must fix to avoid post-pandemic 'turf wars'

OPINION: The FIA has warned that the major motorsport championships must not get engaged in 'turf wars' when it comes to the urgent need to re-organising the 2020 calendars - but there are tedious past problems that must be addressed to satisfy all

Alex Kalinauckas May 3, 2020, 3:10 PM

The coronavirus crisis is highlighting the best and worst of humanity.

From the key workers saving and maintaining lives, to the politicians rising or failing to address the challenges, and the tiniest selfless or selfish individual actions. The great facades of normality are gone and many people are reassessing many areas of their lives.

As we've discussed before, the same is true of motorsport. So, it was interesting to read the words of FIA deputy president Graham Stoker on the topic of how the major series will need "very careful management" to get the shows that are currently so missed going again, while avoiding harmful spats.

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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.