Istanbul Park Formula 1 organisers are set to have a weight lifted from their shoulders as Turkey is removed from the United Kingdom’s red list. A revised 2021 calendar, issued over the Belgian Grand Prix, continued to include the make-up event in Istanbul. Originally slated to replace the Canadian Grand Prix, Turkey’s first appearance on this year’s calendar was scrapped because it was added to the UK’s red list. Travellers from countries on the red list are required to quarantine in a managed facility upon entry into the UK, with non-residents not allowed entry at all, posing a significant issue for the seven F1 teams based there. That issue was sidestepped by rejigging the...
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