The Russian Grand Prix, which was canceled in February due to the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine, will not be replaced, the promoter of the F1 World Championship announced on Wednesday.
With this announcement, the major motorsport category calendar will return to 22 races this season, against 23 expected, which will be the record for F1.
We had good interest from the hosts to replace him, but we needed to check if it was worth it for the teams and for everyone in the sport.said the F1 Formula One promoter in a statement.
It makes no sense to add a replacement (race) if the costs for everyone in terms of freight, travel, hotel, etc. is not worth it. This is […] to consider the big picture and the cost of the business trip versus the larger cost and burdenHe added.
The organization announced at the end of February that it was impossible to fix in current circumstances the Russian Grand Prix, scheduled for September 23-25.
Since then, various options have emerged to replace it, such as Singapore, which is approaching to host the race on these dates, a week before the official GP scheduled for September 30 to October 2 in the city-state.
Other circuits such as Hockenheim in Germany have shown interest, however options in Europe are not viableespecially because of certain rules relating to shipment to the European Union that would be a logistical nightmareaccording to Formula One.
The overall decision was made to do what was most reasonable and efficient for everyone and not add loads at a time when external costs and schedules were tight.end of promoter.
Source: Radio-Canada
