- The sport ends its agreement with promoter of Russian GP
- 2022 race had already been cancelled after invasion of Ukraine
Formula One will no longer race in Russia after the sport terminated its contract with the promoter of the country’s Grand Prix, it said in a statement on Thursday.
The 2022 running of the event, set for 25 September at the Olympic Park in Sochi, had already been cancelled last week after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. F1 bosses announced only in June that an agreement had been reached to move the Russian round to Igora Drive, 40 miles north of St Petersburg, from 2023. But now the sport has moved to scrap the race altogether.
Continue reading…The sport ends its agreement with promoter of Russian GP2022 race had already been cancelled after invasion of UkraineFormula One will no longer race in Russia after the sport terminated its contract with the promoter of the country’s Grand Prix, it said in a statement on Thursday.The 2022 running of the event, set for 25 September at the Olympic Park in Sochi, had already been cancelled last week after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. F1 bosses announced only in June that an agreement had been reached to move the Russian round to Igora Drive, 40 miles north of St Petersburg, from 2023. But now the sport has moved to scrap the race altogether. Continue reading…[#item_full_content]