Formula E has officially cancelled the 2024 Hyderabad E-Prix – which was scheduled to take place on February 10, 2024 – after the local government in the Indian city refused to sanction the event. The event had been scheduled before the current governmental officials had been elected to office and the newly elected officials declined […]
CNBC is reportedly officially ending “Jay Leno’s Garage” – the reality show which featured the automobile collection of comedian and former late night talk show host, Jay Leno. Leno last hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” in February 2014 and CNBC then produced a special episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” in summer 2014 [it had previously been […]
Last month, it was announced that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix was cancelled by Formula One due to “ongoing difficulties” with the Covid-19 pandemic in China. This month, the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix remained cancelled after Formula 1 rejected a request from the Chinese organizers for the race to be reinstated and additionally – and […]
The 2023 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai has been cancelled due to China’s continuation of their ultra-strict Covid-19 policies – marking the fourth consecutive year a grand prix has not been held in the country. The 2023 Chinese Grand Prix had been scheduled to be held on April 16, 2023. China has instituted and maintained […]
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will go down as the final winner of the Russian Grand Prix after Formula 1 announced that not only will they not replace this year’s Russian Grand Prix with another race, but they will also permanently cancel the Russian race after Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade […]
After a somewhat inexplicable delay, Formula One finally made a decision to terminate its contract with the Russian Grand Prix for the foreseeable future due to the country’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s connection to and control over that race. In what has become an unfortunate pattern of inadequate and […]
After four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said he would not be going to the race, Formula 1 finally issued an official statement that the 2022 Russian Grand Prix has been cancelled as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine – with the F1 statement saying “that it is impossible to hold the […]
Not too surprisingly, the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix – scheduled for October 10, 2021 – has been cancelled due to the continued rise in Delta variant Covid-19 cases in the country. “The decision has been taken by the Japanese government to cancel the race this season due to ongoing complexities of the pandemic,” said Formula […]
The 2021 version of the Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled due to travel restrictions in connection to the Covid-19 pandemic – marking the second year in a row the Formula One race has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 Australian Grand Prix was originally scheduled for March 14, but was pushed […]
As expected, the 2021 The Turkish Grand Prix has been cancelled due to travel complications/restrictions caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic after Turkey was hit by a recent surge in cases. The race will be replaced by a second race in Austria to be held the week before the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. The 2021 […]
Formula One has announced that the 2021 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal has been cancelled and will be replaced by the Turkish Grand Prix on the original June 13, 2021, date at Turkey’s Istanbul Park track. This marks the second consecutive year that the Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 […]
Fog continued to wreak havoc with the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix as it was the reason that the second practice session was cancelled as the weather precluded the medical helicopter from flying and Formula One rules dictate that the road journey to a suitable hospital must be no longer than 20 minutes away but they […]
Formula One has announced that three 2020 Grands Prix – the Azerbaijan, Japanese and Singapore – have been cancelled due to the ongoing recovery process from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. In the case of the 2020 Japanese Grand Prix which was to be held at Suzuka, an additional reason is Japan’s ban on many international […]
Without much surprise, the 2020 Dutch Grand Prix has officially been cancelled by Formula One, due to the ongoing recovery from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to be held on May 3, 2020, after a 35-year absence, on the historic Zandvoort circuit, the Dutch Grand Prix now joins the long list of F1 races […]
The 2020 North American International Auto Show [NAIAS] held in Detroit in June, has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 2020 NAIAS Executive Director Rod Alberts said the TCF Center [where the show was to be held] will instead be used as a temporary hospital space to handle victims of the virus. “With […]
The 2020 Monaco Grand Prix – which had been scheduled as the seventh race of the season on May 24, 2020 – has been cancelled outright as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The other six races preceding the Monaco Grand Prix – in Australia, Bahrain, China, the Netherlands, Spain and Vietnam – have […]
An official announcement is expected to come later today from Formula One that the 2020 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne will be cancelled after all – due to the coronavirus. After initially confirming that the race was going to be held as planned on Saturday evening, it appears there was a change of heart after […]
The new mayor of Montreal has cancelled the Formula E race in Montreal that had been planned for July 2018. When Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration learned taxpayers would be expected to shell out up to $35 million for the second edition of the race in 2018, she cancelled the race. “Montrealers have made it […]
It what seemed like a foregone conclusion from the day it first appeared, the poor U.S. substitute for the real UK thing – “Top Gear USA” – was finally cancelled by the History Channel and this week’s episode will be the final show on the channel. The news was “announced” via the Instagram account of […]