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Coronavirus: F1 'open' to plans to reschedule Chinese GP
Formula 1 managing director of motorsport Ross Brawn believes that the 2020 Chinese Grand Prix could still go ahead, albeit probably at a later date in the year. The race is currently scheduled to take place on April 19, but the venue in Shanghai is only about 800km from where the coronavirus outbreak was first detected in the city of Wuhan. A decision earlier this week by the Shanghai Sports Federation to recommend that the city suspends "all sports events until the epidemic is over" appeared to mean that the F1 race was now all-but certain to be cancelled. International athletics, football, skiing, tennis and basketball competitions in China and Hong Kong have already been...
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