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Australia to open 2021 F1 season, aiming for fan attendance

Organisers of Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix have confirmed that their event will open the 2021 season, 12 months on from the coronavirus-prompted 2020 cancellation. The Australian Grand Prix, held in Melbourne’s Albert Park, was due to open the 2020 Formula 1 campaign on March 15. But it was cancelled two hours prior to the first practice session after McLaren withdrew in the wake of a team member testing positive for Covid-19. It marked only the third time since 1996 – along with 2006 and 2010 – that Australia had not hosted Formula 1’s opening event, with the season eventually getting underway in Austria in July. Australia – specifically the state of Victoria in which...
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