Reports: F1 Teams Reject Proposed Alternative Dates of the Chinese Grand Prix

F1 would try to reschedule the Chinese Grand Prix on the off chance that it must be delayed due to the coronavirus scourge, as per motorsport overseeing executive Ross Brawn. The prominent race in Shanghai, which is famous for attracting a huge number of watchers, will happen on April 19.

The Shanghai sports authorities this week prescribed the suspension of every single game in the city until the pestilence is finished.

F1 can’t just drop the fourth round of the period all alone activity. Else, it would break the agreement and they should take care of a legally binding punishment. The teams have just talked about how to respond to a cancellation. They also discussed the postponement of the race to a later date. Those dependable immediately understood that there was actually no suitable alternative date.

“China is an enthusiastic, growing market. So we’d like to have a race in China,” Brawn told reporters. “We will just try to find a window of when the race could happen towards the end of the year.” He said the Chinese authorities will make the final decision on calling off the race and time was running out.

Alternatives for F1

For instance, one recommendation was to put the Shanghai race on August ninth behind Budapest as a consecutive occasion. At that point, the late spring break will be shortened by a week, which was dismissed by most of the groups. Furthermore, nobody can say whether China has the Corona emergency leveled out toward the beginning of August.

A second elective arrangement was to pack Shanghai as the penultimate race among Brazil and the last in Abu Dhabi. Teams were quick to dismiss this proposition. As per the teams, a supposed triple header, spread across three mainlands so late in the season isn’t plausible.

Facilitating charges make up a noteworthy extent of income of F1. Certain races pay as much as $40 million per year. It could mean success for Liberty Media if they somehow happened to make the move.

There have been discussions of swapping dates with another race, like, Russia, later in the year yet Brawn said that was improbable. The Russian promoters have just said they need to keep their September opening.

With a record 22 races booked and adjusts locally gathered, there are hardly any extra weekends accessible. Any change will pose a major logistical challenge.

Singapore and Russia are as of now consecutive on Sept 20 and 27 while Japan is on Oct. 11 as the following round after Sochi. The title at that point moves to the United States on Oct. 25. Any expansion to the schedule would bring the season into December. It will be disliked with teams just as denying enormous paying Abu Dhabi of a sparkling finale.