F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:13 pm

Just been announced on the news that legendary F1 commentator Murray Walker has sadly died at the age of 97.
RIP

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:24 pm

An exciting first race of the season in Bahrain. Another 22 races to go. The next race is in Italy in less than three weeks time.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sat May 15, 2021 9:41 pm

The 2021 F1 Calendar has been updated recently.
The Turkish Grand Prix that replaced the Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled.
The French Grand Prix has been brought forward from 25th-27th June to 18th-20th June.
The weekend of 25th-27th June there will be a second race in Austria and will be called the Styrian Grand Prix.
I hope this is useful.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:54 pm

Sadly it has been revealed that the Singapore Grand Prix scheduled for the 1st-3rd October 2021 has been cancelled.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:05 pm

It has been reported today that the Australian Grand Prix which was rearranged for 19th to 21st November 2021, has been cancelled due to tight border restrictions in Australia.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:37 pm

Exciting race in Hungary.
There is now a gap before the second half of the season kicks off with the Belgian Grand Prix 27th to 29th August.
Couple of provisional changes to the calendar later in the year.
Here they are:
1st to 3rd October Turkish Grand Prix.
19th to 21st November TBC (possibly Qatar)

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:51 pm

This season's Japanese Grand Prix, planned for 8th to 10th October 2021, has been cancelled because of a rise in Covid-19 cases in the country.
The decision was taken by the Japanese government.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:23 pm

The next race is the Belgian Grand Prix 27th to 29th August.
There is a chance that Qatar could host a grand prix on 19th to 21st November, replacing the Australian Grand Prix that was postponed and then cancelled.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:57 pm

Here is an updated calendar for the rest of the 2021 Formula 1 Season
Round 16 8th to 10th October Turkey
Round 17 22nd to 24th October United States
Round 18 5th to 7th November Mexico
Round 19 12th to 14th November Brazil
Round 20 19th to 21st November Qatar
Round 21 3rd to 5th December Saudi Arabia
Round 22 10th to 12th December Abu Dhabi

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:37 pm

The Chinese Grand Prix has been dropped from next year's Formula 1 calendar.
It will be replaced by the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on the 24th April.
Australia, Canada, Singapore and Japan are back for 2022.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:09 pm

Here is the calendar for the remainder of the 2021
season:
Round 19 12th to 14th November Brazil
Round 20 19th to 21st November Qatar
Round 21 3rd to 5th December Saudi Arabia
Round 22 10th to 12th December Abu Dhabi

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:25 pm

The Brazilian Grand Prix was renamed to the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:08 pm

The sad news has just been announced that British Formula 1 team owner and constructor, Sir Frank Williams, has died at the age of 79.
A true legend and guided British drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill to winning the Formula 1 World Championship.
Thoughts are with her daughter Claire Williams and the rest of the family and friends at this sad time.
RIP

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:03 pm

The Russian Grand Prix which was due to take place on 25th September in Sochi has been cancelled as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

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Re: F1 Drivers and Race Tracks

Post by Simon Rogers » Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:31 pm

This was posted on the BBC Red Button text service:
"Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has been sacked by the Haas team as a result of his country's invasion of Ukraine.
The US-based outfit have also terminated the contract of their title sponsor, the Russian chemicals company Uralkali.
Uralkali is part-owned by Mazepin's billionaire father Dmitry, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, through his company Uralchem."

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