Instead, its slot was be filled by a return to the famous Imola circuit, one of the tracks that filled in during 2020’s European calendar. The organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix also asked to move the date of their race because travel restrictions would have made an April event in Shanghai impossible and discussions are ongoing. However, the country has been enforcing a strict, two-week quarantine period for those arriving in Australia, including elite athletes, which proved too much of a logistical and financial headache for teams and organisers of the Australian Grand Prix the sport has been trying to bring overheads down and housing all the personnel involved in running a race for two weeks before they would even be allowed to start work proved too much to stomach. Fans were also in the stands for tennis’ Australian Open. It was a particular blow given that Australia had been leading the world in eradicating coronavirus and bringing fans back to sporting events the country has had new cases of under 50 a day for the last month and tens of thousands have been attending cricket and Australian rules events.
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