29 April, 2021
Formula 1 expects the Mexican and United States Grands Prix to go ahead this year despite the cancellation of Canada’s race due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The June 13 race in Montreal has been called off for the second year in a row due to quarantine requirements for visitors; Turkey has taken Canada’s place on the same date.
“Following the specific news regarding Canada, Formula 1 wants to be very clear that there is no change to the races in Mexico and the United States Grand Prix later this season and expect them to go ahead,” Mexican Grand Prix organizers quoted F1 as saying in a statement on Thursday.
19 races, 1950-1960 (as Indy 500) and 2000-2007 (as US Grand Prix)
For 11 years, from 1950 to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 formed part of world championship. However, it was virtually unheard of for any of the European-based F1 teams or drivers to make the trip to the States to compete in what was such a highly specialised race, run in different machinery. But F1 racing would eventually run at the Brickyard in anger, albeit in reverse thanks to the creation of a new circuit which twinned a substantial part of the famous oval with a new infield section to create a unique 4.1-kilometre road course.