Sakhir GP 6th December 5.10pm
Due to the redrafted 2020 F1 calendar following the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent cancellation of 13 races, series bosses have scrambled to produce a campaign of a minimum of eight races to meet FIA world championship criteria along with reaching a minimum of 15 races to fulfil the TV broadcasting deal.
As well as hosting double-headers at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, F1 has also visited venues not on the original 2020 calendar, with Istanbul Park having been the fifth of the new destinations last month, following on from Mugello, the Nurburgring, Portimao and Imola.
Bahrain’s second race becomes the final new addition to the 2020 F1 calendar, with the season wrapping up next weekend with the Abu Dhabi GP.
Predictions:Â
Bottas Win @15/8
Perez Podium @9/4
Albon Podium @11/4
This weekends Grand Prix has been over shadowed by Lewis Hamilton’s Exclusion due to his positive Covid-19 test, leaving the seat in his Mercedes to George Russell. (Good thing he wrapped the tittle up with races to spare)
The other more testing thing on the drivers minds will be Romain Grosjean’s Heart Stopping escape from a Lap 1 crash which saw his car broke in Two and burst into flames, Described by medical staff who was first to arrive as an inferno with Grosjean Luckily escaping with very minor injuries and praising the ‘Halo’ fitted to his car for saving his life, a device most drivers had previously apposed.
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