Vietnamese GP

Mercedes simulator driver Esteban Gutierrez says the new Vietnamese Grand Prix circuit is set to host a section of track which is “the most technical on the calendar” after driving a virtual version of the Hanoi Street Circuit.

Following Formula 1’s season postponement until the end of May at the very earliest, the sport’s organisers have major logistic and planning headaches if it is to salvage most of the 2020 campaign during the coronavirus crisis.

Formula 1 says it is acting on daily advice from health authorities over the coronavirus outbreak and working with race promoters to safeguard the sport as part of wider measures it is deploying.

The Hanoi Circuit construction has been completed in preparation for the inaugural Formula 1 Vietnamese Grand Prix in April.

Formula 1 chief Chase Carey has outlined a reduction in testing and a race weekend overhaul set are key changes to help relieve the strain of a longer race calendar in the future.

Despite the planned reduction in the length of Formula 1 race weekends Carlos Sainz says he’s “totally against” a rapid calendar expansion in the future.

Three or four years ago, if you’d told me the future of the Brazilian Grand Prix was under threat, I would have been more than a little upset.

Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1 does not need to expand its calendar beyond the current amount of 21 races per year.