The 2021 Singapore Grand Prix is set to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving F1 with another gap in its previously record-breaking calendar to fill.
Rumours that the Marina Bay race would be called off had been circulating for several weeks, with doubts arising over the viability of staging the event amid the countries Covid-19 restrictions. The race will not now take place, according to a BBC report.
A Formula 1 spokesperson commented: “We continue to work with all promoters during this fluid time and have plenty of options to adapt if needed.”
Singapore is one of the strictest nations in terms of its response to the potential spread of alternate strains of coronavirus. The country remains on the UK green list for travel though that status is reviewable every three weeks.
F1 is currently exploring options to replace the cancelled race with one of three alternative events a possibility. The Chinese Grand Prix, originally scheduled for April 11 as the second round of the ’21 season could make a return to the schedule. An additional race at the Circuit of the Americas is also under consideration, with Formula 1 set to arrive in the US in late October, three weeks after the original Singapore GP race date.
Turkey could also get a reprieve after it was picked as the replacement for the cancelled Canadian Grand Prix and then fell from the reformatted calendar, due to Covid-19 fears.
Other non-European races set to be staged later this year are also under threat though currently there is no indication any more races are set to be dropped from the calendar imminently.
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