LONDON, Feb 2 — The all-electric Formula E motor racing series has abandoned plans for a race in the Chinese city of Sanya next month because of the coronavirus epidemic. The sport will continue to work with its regional partner and local authorities to study the viability of potential...
File picture of Panasonic Jaguar’s Mitch Evans and DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer in action during a Formula E race in Santiago, Chile January 26, 2019. — Reuters pic
The sport will continue to work with its regional partner and local authorities to study the viability of potential alternative dates should the situation improve, the Formule E and FIA governing bodies said in statements today.The outbreak of the flu-like virus has killed more than 300 people and infected more than 14,000 in China after it first emerged in Wuhan in Hubei province late last year.
The race would have been the sixth of the championship’s 14 rounds, with Seoul in May and Jakarta in June now the only remaining Asian races.The move will put Formula One in the spotlight, with Shanghai due to host the Chinese Grand Prix on April 19 as the fourth round of what would be a record 22-race season.
The sport’s governing body last week said that it was monitoring the situation closely under the direction of medical commission president Professor Gerard Saillant.
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