With ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday evening the FIA and key stakeholders decided it was in best interests and safety of all those involved in this sport to cancel the Russian GP for this coming season.
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We are watching the developments in Ukraine with sadness and shock and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation.
On Thursday evening Formula 1, the FIA, and the teams discussed the position of our sport, and the conclusion is, including the view of all relevant stakeholders, that it is impossible to hold the Russian Grand Prix in the current circumstances.
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This comes off the back of driver Sebastian Vettel yesterday announcing that he would not feel comfortable himself racing in Russia.
“My own opinion is I should not go, I think it’s wrong to race in the country.”
“I’m sorry for the innocent people that are losing their lives, that are getting killed for stupid reasons and a very, very strange and mad leadership,”
Sebastian Vettel on Russian conflict