French speed enthusiasts who had booked their weekend of June 26 and 27 will have to change their plans.
Following the reorganization of the World Championship calendar, the initial date for the Formula 1 French Grand Prix has been brought forward by one week.
Following the reorganization of the Formula 1 World Championship calendar, the Formula 1 Grand Prix de France has been moved to 18, 19 and 20 June.
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- French F1 Grand Prix (@ GPFranceF1) May 14, 2021
This is both the consequence of health measures and of a game of dominoes.
The Turkish Grand Prix, which had replaced on June 13, that of Canada in the calendar, has in fact been postponed following travel restrictions put in place by the United Kingdom for British nationals, who have the obligation to observe a compulsory quarantine to travel to Turkey.
Instead of Castellet, the Styrian Grand Prix will take place on the Austrian circuit of Spielberg, which will take place the following week.
"Formula 1 has shown once again that it is capable of reacting quickly to developments and finding solutions and we are delighted to have a double race in Austria which means our season remains at 23 races", F1 CEO Stefano Domanicali said.
The new F1 calendar dated May 14, 2021 DR /
In a press release, the organizers of the Grand Prix de France, who announced that they wanted to welcome 15,000 spectators spread over three sanitary bubbles, apologize for this upheaval in the calendar: “This change of date has not weakened our passion and our reason for to be: to offer our audience the best possible event, says Eric Boullier, its managing director.
We understand that this change has an impact on the attendance of our spectators and partners and we are sorry.
Our teams are already actively working to keep the rest of our event program unchanged.
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For all 2021 French Grand Prix ticket holders, reservations remain valid on these new dates. Spectators unable to attend the race may request the cancellation of their tickets. The reimbursement terms will be communicated to buyers in the coming days by email and on the gpfrance.com site.
