F1
Zak Brown warns about possible Chinese Grand Prix replacements
McLaren has not driven in Shanghai since 2019. © DPPI
It has become a habit since the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, the Chinese Grand Prix was removed from the calendar for the next season of Formula 1 in 2023. The Chinese meeting is in fact paying the price for the extremely strict policy in force in this country, the so-called “zero Covid” strategy where very severe confinements have been linked for almost three years.
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The event, established in the F1 calendar since 2004, was removed from the program by Liberty Media and the FIA, and could be replaced by another event on the initial dates (the weekend of April 15 and 16, 2023). As it stands, competitors enjoy a four-week long break between the Australian and Azerbaijan Grands Prix.
Asked by Sky Sports F1, Zak Brown, CEO of Mclaren racing, is ready to live at home for a month if necessary. “We must replace (this course) only if we can find a suitable solution. We shouldn't replace it just for the sake of it, did he declare.
It's unfortunate that we can't return to Shanghai. I think the Chinese market is important. We hope that the State will be able to resolve all the concerns related to Covid-19 very quickly, because I understand that this is a problem, and that we will be able to get there in 2024.”
Of course, several circuits have applied to occupy the place of the 24th Grand Prix of the 2023 season, the first of which being the Portimao track in the Algarve (Portugal) or Istanbul Park (Turkey). Paul-Ricard (Var) could represent another attractive solution…
Medhi Casaurang
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