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Vettel: Pandemic could still disrupt 2021 calendar

Sebastian Vettel thinks the opening part of the 2021 F1 schedule could still be impacted by the global health pandemic. In March this year, the season-opening Australian Grand Prix was cancelled on the Friday morning before FP1 after a McLaren team member had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous evening. As the pandemic took an increasing grip on the world, the start of the Formula 1 campaign was postponed until July with 17 races shoehorned into the second half of the calendar year. A provisional schedule for 2021 has been issued with a record 23 races, due to begin as usual in Australia on March 21 before heading to Bahrain and China. Get your hands on the official Ferrari 2020...
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