No, Formula 1 will not do better than MotoGP, it has even done worse. While Carmelo Ezpeleta and his Dorna tried everything to start the season in Qatar, the unreasonable was never attempted and, in this sense, the health and reputation of the paddock were safeguarded. For Formula 1, it remains to be seen. By trying at all costs to race in Australia, the premier category of motorsport has put itself on the fringes of all other sporting disciplines. She saw cases of Coronavirus break out in her teams who expressed their desire not to race through a vote. The Australian Grand Prix will ultimately not take place.
Team Mercedes had withdrawn, like that of McLaren, also constrained due to a case declared to the Coronavirus. Incidentally, this team will have to observe a quarantine when it returns to its base. Fifteen people are affected…
However, this cancellation was not easy to obtain. According to journalists present in Australia, it appears that there were four teams ready to race (Red Bull, AlphaTauri, Haas and Racing Point) while Ferrari et Mercedes had requested the cancellation as well as Renault. Still according to these sources relayed by GP One, the pilots Hag et Raikkonen had already left for Switzerland for fear of not being able to return home.
A few minutes before the cancellation, an FIA spokesperson confirmed that the Grand Prix would be run behind closed doors, however with all the fans already arriving at the circuit, thus increasing the risk of contagion, as the interests at stake were too high. They still bowed to reason…
