News Details

Promoter says Montreal ghost race ‘impossible'

Apr.30 Canadian GP organisers couldn't afford to push ahead with a Formula 1 ‘ghost race' this year. Ultimately, it was governments' insistence that F1 personnel spend 14 days in quarantine that made racing in Montreal impossible for the sport in 2021. But promoter Francois Dumontier said even a spectator-free event wouldn't have worked. 'I couldn't open a room and light it up without having someone to occupy it,' he told Le Journal de Montreal. 'It was impossible for us to do it without the presence of spectators.' Dumontier also played down rumours that Canada could have been permanently stricken from the sport's calendar if the two blank years – 2020 and 2021 – were...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Official: Turkey replaces Canada as Montreal event is...

F1 has confirmed that the Canadian Grand Prix will be replaced by the...
4y ago from Pitpass.com

Formula 1 confident USA and Mexico GPs to go ahead

Formula 1 expects the Mexican and United States Grands Prix to go ahead...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Canada GP news expected ‘this week'

Apr.27 News about the 2021 Canadian GP should be forthcoming 'this...
4y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Canadian Grand Prix cancelled, replaced by Turkey

This year’s Canadian Grand Prix has been officially cancelled, with...
4y ago from Racer.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu backs Nicolo Bulega ahead of...

Former WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has shown his full support...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Caio Collet advances up to IndyCar with AJ Foyt Racing

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that Caio Collet will drive for the team in...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

McLaren’s lawsuit against IndyCar champ Alex Palou...

The lengthy court battle between McLaren and Alex Palou is nearing a...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyle Kirkwood signs multi-year IndyCar extension with...

Andretti Global has announced that Kyle Kirkwood has signed an extension...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Pundit claims Arsenal star 'has a little bit more'...

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice arguably has a bit more to his game even...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Teenage picks: the young players lighting up the...

e of them are not old enough to drive to training but they are driving...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

How 'second coach' Xhaka faces Arsenal as Sunderland's...

When Granit Xhaka was at Arsenal, he was inspired by Mikel Arteta to start...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Two former captains, two ‘killer instincts'

Morning all. Thanks to Andrew A for filling in yesterday. I wish I had a...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.