Brad Pitt has paused production on “Apex” – his upcoming Formula One feature film – in a show of support for the combined WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming of “Apex” had been ongoing in Budapest [in collaboration with the recently completed 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix] but a postponed planned production over the next two months has been […]
The 2021 Formula One racing season is beginning just like the 2020 season – with the announcement of postponed races. In this case, both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix were postponed due to current Covid-19 restrictions. The 2021 Formula 1 season was scheduled to open in Melbourne with the Australian Grand Prix – originally […]
Currently scheduled for March 21, 2021, at Albert Park in Melbourne – the 2021 Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix could be postponed due to existing Covid-19 restrictions in Australia. According to an Australian spokesperson, meetings will be held “in the coming weeks” among the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, the Australian government and Formula 1 […]
The 2020 French Grand Prix is expected to become the next – and the 10th – Formula One event to be cancelled and/or postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. No official statement has yet been issued by the race’s organizers but French President Emmanuel Macron said that restrictions on public events would continue until […]
Not surprisingly, the 2020 Canadian Grand Prix became the latest Formula One victim of the coronavirus outbreak as it becomes the ninth race of the season to be either cancelled or postponed. The Canadian Grand Prix – scheduled to be held on June 14, 2020, in Montreal – was postponed from that date and may […]
As expected, the 2020 Indianapolis 500 has been postponed – from late May to August 23 – due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Indy 500’s practice sessions as well as the two-day qualifying period will all be re-scheduled along with the race itself. The current re-scheduled event will practice from August 12-14, followed by […]
The 2020 Azerbaijan Grand Prix has become the latest victim of the coronavirus outbreak. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix, scheduled for June 7 2020, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The race in Baku becomes the eighth race of the Formula One racing season to be either cancelled or postponed, joining those in Australia, […]
Formula One made it official and announced that the 2020 Monaco Grand Prix – scheduled for May 24, 2020 – has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Along with the Monaco Grand Prix came the expected postponements of the Dutch Grand Prix [May 3, 2020] and Spanish Grand Prix [May 10, 2020] and […]
The 2020 version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race has been re-scheduled from June 13-14, 2020 to September 19-20, 2020 due, of course, to the coronavirus outbreak. “Today it is a question of stopping the spread of this virus,” said Pierre Fillon, president of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO). In last […]
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 […]
They got 20 laps into the 2020 Daytona 500 before a weather delay forced the postponement of NASCAR’s biggest race of the year. Pole-sitter Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was leading the race at the time of the postponement, with Joey Logano in second and Aric Almirola in third. The Daytona 500 will run Monday at 4 […]
Not surprisingly, the 2020 Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The FIA, Formula One’s governing body, has accepted a request from Chinese organizers to postpone the race that was due to be held in Shanghai on April 19, 2020. Race authorities from the Chinese Grand Prix and Formula […]
With no definitive ending to the coronavirus outbreak on the horizon, Formula One has indicated that the 2020 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai – currently scheduled to be held April 19, 2020 – is likely to be re-scheduled. F1 managing director Ross Brawn says Formula 1 will look to reschedule the Chinese Grand Prix if […]
Typhoon Hagibis is having its way with the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix as Formula One has cancelled all activities at the Suzuka circuit on Saturday as the tropical super-storm closes in on Japan. Typhoon Hagibis began as a Super Typhoon [Category 5 level] and was downgraded to a Category 3 over the course of the […]