Hanoi People's Committee chairman Nguyen Duc Chung was arrested in August for alleged appropriation of documents containing state secrets. The removal of Vietnam, which at the time was the first new event introduced by F1's new owners Liberty Media, has been triggered by the arrest on corruption charges of a key official responsible for the race in Hanoi. "In fact, many hosts actually want to use our event as a platform to show the world they are moving forward." Why did Vietnam race collapse? "We have proven that we can safely travel and operate our races and our promoters increasingly recognise the need to move forward and manage the virus. "Our hosts for 2021 are reassured by our safe return to racing this season and confident that the plans and procedures we have in place will allow us to return to a level of normality for the 2021 season." The first Vietnam Grand Prix was due to take place in April 2020 before it was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemicį1 chairman and chief executive officer Chase Carey said: "We are planning for 2021 events with fans that provide an experience close to normal and expect our agreements to be honoured. "Formula 1 and the FIA put in place robust health and safety measures to allow the revised 2020 season to restart and run effectively. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is on 18 July and the new Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, announced last week, the penultimate race on 28 November.įollowing the experience of establishing this year's truncated season, and talks with the countries involved for 2021, F1 said it was confident it would be able to run its calendar next year as long as the global pandemic does not take a major turn for the worse.Īn F1 statement said: "The plans for 2021 have involved extensive dialogue with all promoters and their local and national authorities at a time of ongoing fluidity related to the global pandemic. The 2021 season is scheduled to start in Australia on 21 March and end in Abu Dhabi on 5 December.
The calendar could extend to 23 grands prix - a new record - if F1 can find a replacement for Vietnam. The date of the Vietnam race, 25 April, has been left blank on a 22-race schedule for 2021 published on Tuesday.
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