Vietnam Grand Prix

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Vietnam Grand Prix
Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi Street Circuit
Route profile
Route data
in the racing calendar: from 2020
Route length: 5.565 km
Race length: 306.075 km in 55 laps

The Vietnam Grand Prix is scheduled to take place for the first time in 2020 . The race is scheduled to take place on the Hanoi Street Circuit in Hanoi , the capital of Vietnam .

history

The plans for a Formula 1 race in Vietnam were first examined by the former managing director of the Formula One Group , the British Bernie Ecclestone , who finally gave up the idea as there have already been five races in Asia (since then the Grand Prix of Malaysia disappeared from the calendar). Ecclestone also admitted that the failure of the Korean Grand Prix (2010-2013) and India (2011-2013) made him doubt a race in Vietnam.

The idea was revived after Liberty Media acquired the commercial rights to Formula 1 from CVC Capital Partners in January 2017 . The Vietnam Grand Prix was announced in November 2018 and is the first new Grand Prix under Liberty Media's ownership. The first race, the 2020 Vietnam Grand Prix , was due to take place on April 5, 2020 as part of a multi-year contract, but has been postponed to an as yet unknown date due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Vietnam to host Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2020 | Formula 1®. Retrieved August 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ F1 could add Vietnam to 2020 calendar. In: Speedcafe. October 8, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ Formula 1: F1 2020 Calendar. In: Twitter.com. August 29, 2019, accessed August 30, 2019 .
  4. ^ Formula 1: Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix postponed. In: Formula1.com. March 13, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 .