News Details

Silverstone Classic cancellation frees up date for F1

Organisers of the Silverstone Classic have confirmed the event’s cancellation for 2020, freeing up the date for a potential double-header British Grand Prix. Formula 1 is in discussions with the UK government over receiving an exemption from the 14-day quarantine period that is set to be introduced for international arrivals. It is understood that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has intervened in order to facilitate Formula 1’s efforts, having been keen to welcome back sporting events as part of a post-coronavirus landscape. ADVERTISEMENT Provisional dates of July 26 and August 2 for two races at Silverstone have been pencilled in to a schedule, following on from July 5 and 12 events at...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson boosts British GP...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has heard Formula 1's appeal for a...
5y ago from F1i.com

F1 working with government to seek quarantine exemption

Formula 1 is continuing to work with the UK government in order to seek a...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Report: Silverstone gets government go-ahead

The British Grand Prix has been granted approval to proceed despite the...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Formula 1: 14-day quarantine would make British Grand...

The 2020 British Grand Prix would be 'impossible' to run if the UK...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Second IndyCar practice at IMS headed up by Alex Palou

IndyCar took to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the...

Palou secures early advantage in first IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series completed its first official session of the Month...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal eye move for 40m defender as Dortmund enter...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Spanish defender Yarek Gasiorowski...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta: I will put criticism of Arsenal's celebrations...

Mikel Arteta said he will put criticism of Arsenal's celebrations...
4h ago from SkySports.com

Liverpool eye £73.5m Arsenal target as Salah...

Liverpool are interested in signing the Porto attacker Victor Froholdt....
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Months after criticising Arsenal for celebrating too...

Back in February, Chelsea legend John Terry claimed Arsenal celebrated too...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1 star slams McLaren strategy: 'They just drain rival...

Although Christijan Albers is impressed by what... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

Aston Martin 2026 flop ‘the biggest blunder in F1...

Aston Martin is experiencing a true F1 disaster... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Formula 1 revenue soars 53% in first quarter of 2026!

Formula 1 has reported a major financial upswing... Read More »
2h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.