Last year’s cancelled Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne cost the Victorian state government £22.5 million.
2020 Australian Grand Prix articles archive
McLaren team members quarantined in Australia return home
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: McLaren team members quarantined in Australia return home • Formula E racer behind NHS relief effort • Goodwood Festival of Speed postponed
Sainz and other McLaren team members cleared after Coronavirus tests
2020 F1 season
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr has self-isolated as a precaution after returning from Australia, while the first tests on other McLaren team members have shown they do not have Coronavirus.
Steiner: “I’m pretty sure we will race this year”
2020 F1 season
Posted onHaas team principal Guenther Steiner says he expects Formula 1 to return to racing later this year despite the Coronavirus pandemic.
Majority of teams wanted to race despite McLaren withdrawal – Horner
2020 F1 season
Posted onA majority of Formula 1 teams wanted to go ahead with the Australian Grand Prix even after a McLaren team member tested positive for Coronavirus, according to Christian Horner.
Brawn “optimistic” F1 will hold at least 17 races in 2020
2020 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 motorsport director Ross Brawn says he is hopeful Formula 1 will be able to hold at least 17 races this year despite the disruption caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus not the only obstacle to rescheduling Australian GP in 2020
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onThe Australian Grand Prix promoters hope to reschedule their cancelled race for later in 2020
‘If “cash is king” we wouldn’t have cancelled’ – Carey hits back at Hamilton
2020 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 CEO Chase Carey dismissed comments by Lewis Hamilton, who said the sport’s attempt to press ahead with the Australian Grand Prix showed “cash is king”.
Drivers and teams react to 11th-hour Australian Grand Prix cancellation
2020 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 drivers and their teams have reacted to the late cancellation of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Here’s what they had to say.
Official: F1, FIA and race promoter cancel season-opening Australian Grand Prix
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1, the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation have jointly cancelled Sunday’s season-opening race in Australia just hours before the first practice session was due to begin.
McLaren’s withdrawal piles pressure on F1 to cancel Australian Grand Prix
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onThe news a McLaren team member has tested positive for the Coronavirus has thrown the Australian Grand Prix into doubt.
F1 insists “our priority is safety” as McLaren withdraw from race over Coronavirus
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 insists it is committed to the safety of all participants after McLaren withdrew from the Australian Grand Prix. A government meeting on the race’s future will be held tomorrow.
Ferrari’s rivals should trust the FIA over power unit settlement – Leclerc
2020 F1 season
Posted onCharles Leclerc says his team’s rivals should accept the FIA’s reasons for not revealing the details of its investigation into Ferrari’s power unit last year.
Vettel and Ricciardo trust FIA and F1 over Coronavirus call
2020 F1 season
Posted onSebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo defended Formula 1 and the FIA’s decision to press ahead with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix following Lewis Hamilton’s criticism.
2020 Australian Grand Prix build-up in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onPictures from the build-up to the 2020 Australian Grand Prix.
Three F1 team members in self-isolation after ‘showing symptoms similar to Coronavirus’
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onMcLaren has confirmed one of its staff members in Melbourne has been self-isolated after exhibiting possible Coronavirus symptoms.
Should F1 race on despite Coronavirus? Seven Australian GP talking points
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onIs Formula 1 doing the right thing by racing in Melbourne despite the Coronavirus risk? Here are the talking points for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.
2020 Australian Grand Prix TV Times
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onThe new F1 season begins in Australia this weekend while the IndyCar championship gets underway at St Petersburg. Here’s where you can watch the action live.
‘No chance’ Melbourne will ban F1 fans from race due to Coronavirus
2020 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onThe head of the Australian Grand Prix says there is ‘no chance’ Sunday’s race could be held behind closed doors due to the spread of the Coronavirus.
F1 season opener still on as more series cancel races due to Coronavirus
2020 F1 season
Posted onThe first F1 round of 2020 in Melbourne is set to go ahead in less than two weeks’ time despite the threat of the coronavirus, which has now prompted race cancellations in four countries.