Formula 1 has made official this Friday the suspension of the Singapore Grand Prix due to entry restrictions to the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organization of the Great Circus is already studying the different options to replace a race that was going to be held on the first weekend of October: China , Turkey or a second race in the United States are the favorite places to replace the one in Marina Bay.
After the cancellations of Canada and Turkey , the turn has now been for Singapore. It is the third Grand Prix that has fallen from a World Cup whose second part is highly conditioned by the coronavirus pandemic. It was an open secret, but this Friday Formula 1 and Singapore have confirmed their cancellation due to demanding restrictions on entry into the country due to COVID-19 .
“We continue to work with all promoters during these changing times and we have many options to adapt if necessary ,” a Formula 1 spokesman said in a statement to the BBC . The coronavirus continues to generate a great unknown in some World Cup weekends currently led by Max Verstappen .
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The local authorities have decided to cancel it due to the health risk posed by the celebration of a Formula 1 Grand Prix. In this way, Singapore joins Canada and Turkey , which had been named as a replacement for the Canadian. Everything seems to indicate that it will not be the last Grand Prix to suffer a suspension due to the pandemic.
