– This is how the pandemic strikes, until we get a much higher vaccination rate, we can not return to normal, says Martin Pakula, the state of Victoria responsible for sports issues, according to ABC News.
This is the second year in a row that the competition in Melbourne is canceled, but Martin Pakula hopes that the competition will be able to start in 2022.
Despite the announcement, Formula 1 chairman Stefano Domenicali expects to be able to complete 23 races this season, as planned.
“While it is disappointing that we will not be competing in Australia, we are confident that we can deliver 23 races this season and we have a number of options that we can work with going forward,” he told Reuters.
Next race on the program is the English GP at Silverstone on 18 July. It is then thought that 140,000 spectators will be able to follow the race in the stands, which has aroused criticism.
Dutchman Max Verstappen leads the F1 series ahead of Britain’s Lewis Hamilton.
The pandemic has had a very mild course in Australia. But at the same time, the country is lagging behind in vaccination, so far only eight percent of the adult population is fully vaccinated against covid-19.
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