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Russian F1 GP cancelled and may switch to Turkey after Ukraine invasion

  • F1 cites ‘impossibility’ of holding race under circumstances
  • Haas team remove Russian flag-based livery of title sponsor

Formula One has cancelled the Russian Grand Prix after the state’s invasion of Ukraine. The sport did not issue any condemnation of Russia but cited the “impossibility” of holding the race under the current circumstances.

The meeting was set to take place on 25 September and as things stand F1 has made no suggestion of which country might replace the meeting. Turkey has been mooted as a potential replacement having been used twice in the last two years, stepping in for races cancelled due to the Covid pandemic but F1 is understood to not be considering the Istanbul Park Circuit as an option this time.

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