Radio-Canada is reporting that the Canadian Grand Prix, scheduled for June 13 in Montreal, has been cancelled after Montreal public well being authorities concluded that even behind closed doorways with out spectators, the chance of spreading COVID-19 in the course of the Method 1 occasion is simply too excessive.
The report stated: “Earlier this week, Radio-Canada reported Quebec public well being would permit the Method One occasion to happen below sure situations. A type of situations was to make sure the chance of spreading COVID-19 was stored to a minimal.”
“F1 officers needed to bypass the necessary 14-day quarantine for the a whole lot of employees, crew members and drivers. They mentioned they’d as an alternative depend on personal medical employees to maintain COVID from spreading among the many personnel.
“That they had additionally proposed making a bubble, the place the members of various groups would keep in lodges, use personal transportation and be examined repeatedly.”
“Nevertheless, they’d have been in fixed contact with a whole lot of volunteers who could be outdoors the bubble. Montreal public well being, confronted with these points, determined to cancel the occasion.”
Final yr’s race was postponed indefinitely resulting from COVID-19, however expectations till final week have been excessive that the occasion would occur. This reduces the 23-race F1 calendar to 22. F1 have but to remark.
New pits and a significant total improve of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve passed off in 2019.
Report in progress…
