CANADIAN GP cancelled - reports..

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Reports coming out of Canada that the GP is cancelled..



4:29 p.m. | Updated at 4:40 p.m.
The Canadian Grand Prix, scheduled for June 13 in Montreal, will not take place. Radio-Canada has learned that the event is canceled for public health reasons. Montreal health officials have concluded that, even behind closed doors, without spectators, the risk of spreading COVID-19 is too high.

Quebec public health had given the green light for an event behind closed doors , but under certain conditions. Among them, ensuring that the risks of spread were reduced to a minimum. However, according to our information, Montreal's public health believes that bringing together around 2,500 people on the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit represents a risk.

First, participants coming from abroad should have been exempted from a mandatory quarantine. Ottawa has remained silent on this issue and has returned the ball to the Montreal public health court, which deems it to be a risk.

A risky health bubble
Formula 1 offered a sanitary bubble for members of the stables. She planned to rent exclusive hotels, use private transport and do regular testing for the 1,300 people directly linked to F1. However, doubts have been raised about the impermeability of this sanitary bubble.

In addition, the presence of about a thousand volunteers outside this bubble, but in frequent contact with the participants in the race, was a problem.

Faced with all these pitfalls, Montreal public health believes that it is better to cancel the race

What future?
The cancellation of the Grand Prix for a second year in a row raises doubts about the event's survival.

The contract provides for the race to be held until 2029, but some, with Prime Minister François Legault in the lead, fear that the cancellations will be considered a breach of contract by F1.

According to our information, the Government of Quebec is continuing discussions to ensure the presentation of the event over the next few years.