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Overview: The last time an F1 race was called off

Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix for 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing outbreak and attempted containment of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Motorsport Week reflects on the last cancellation. It is not often that major sporting events are postponed or cancelled, particularly in the modern era of widespread logistics and lucrative investment. The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has forced promoters to seek an indefinite postponement, which Formula 1 and the FIA has accepted. It is the first time in nine years than an event has been called off. Through early 2011 a series of protests and uprisings developed across the Middle East and North Africa, which later became known as the Arab Spring....
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