Formula 1 calendar for the 2021 season
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Australian Grand Prix: Formula 1 race and Moto GP round called off
Australian Grand Prix and MotoGP off
F1 British Grand Prix - Format
• There will be a qualifying hour and it is the usual format (Q1, Q2, Q3), but it is taking place on Friday evening rather than Saturday
• This sets the grid for the F1 Sprint on Saturday. Drivers are only allowed to use soft tyres for the session.
• F1 Sprint is a race over 100km - around a third of the distance of usual F1 races - and there will be the least number of laps that exceed 100km. It should therefore be a 17-lap race.
• Drivers are allowed to choose any tyre they wish and there is no compulsory pit-stop.
• The top three drivers from that race will be awarded points; three points to the winner, two points to second place and one point for third.
• The order from F1 Sprint will then set the grid for Sunday's British GP - which is the usual race format and points system. Drivers will be granted free tyre choice for that race.
• There are practice sessions for the weekend, but just the two rather than the usual three. They take place on Friday before qualifying, and Saturday before F1 Sprint.
• There will be a qualifying hour and it is the usual format (Q1, Q2, Q3), but it is taking place on Friday evening rather than Saturday
• This sets the grid for the F1 Sprint on Saturday. Drivers are only allowed to use soft tyres for the session.
• F1 Sprint is a race over 100km - around a third of the distance of usual F1 races - and there will be the least number of laps that exceed 100km. It should therefore be a 17-lap race.
• Drivers are allowed to choose any tyre they wish and there is no compulsory pit-stop.
• The top three drivers from that race will be awarded points; three points to the winner, two points to second place and one point for third.
• The order from F1 Sprint will then set the grid for Sunday's British GP - which is the usual race format and points system. Drivers will be granted free tyre choice for that race.
• There are practice sessions for the weekend, but just the two rather than the usual three. They take place on Friday before qualifying, and Saturday before F1 Sprint.
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F1 Japanese Grand Prix called off for a second successive year
That seems strange as the F1 teams and associated personnel have been well controlled and have followed all the covid protection rules and guidelines for all the season and would present little risk to anyone in Japan from catching it while they were there for a few days yet they had thousands of people from all over the world there for 3 weeks for the recent Olympics with many of the competitors actually testing positive for the virus while they were there.
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The pandemic is hard to manage and hard to predict. There are no easy decisions. I'm just grateful we have races at all.
