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F1 announce dates for first eight races of 2020 season
Formula One organisers have announced dates for the first eight races of the revised 2020 calendar.
The start to the new campaign has been delayed after the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with several races being postponed and the Monaco Grand Prix removed entirely for this season.
But after discussing ways to move forward with a shortened calendar - believed to be between 15 and 18 races with no spectators and strict social distancing rules - F1 have revealed the dates for the European section of the season.
As expected, Austria's Spielberg circuit will host the first two races of the season on consecutive weekends on July 5 and July 12.
The teams will then move onto Hungary the following weekend before a two-week gap to the double-header at Silverstone at the beginning of August.
The postponed Spanish Grand Prix is then scheduled to take place a fortnight later on August 16, with the Belgium and Italian grands prix coming on August 30 and September 6 respectively.
Further dates for the remaining races in the Americas and Asia will be announced at a later date, F1 confirmed in a statement.
Championship plans criticised
QPR chief executive Lee Hoos says the west London club are "vehemently opposed" to the proposed resumption of the Sky Bet Championship on June 20.
The Premier League announced last Thursday play is due to return on June 17 following the coronavirus suspension that began in mid-March.
"I am absolutely stunned by this announcement, as is our director of football Les Ferdinand and our manager Mark Warburton," chief executive Hoos said.
"Incredibly, there has been absolutely no consultation with individual clubs nor with the Championship doctors' working group by the divisional representatives - or anyone else in the Football League - regarding this matter.
"Having spoken with Les and Mark, they share my views. We are vehemently opposed to this schedule.
"The players haven't even returned to full-contact training at this moment and yet they are now expected to be in a position to play at a competitive level in just three weeks' time. I have made our feelings known to the EFL and, having spoken with a number of CEOs at other Championship clubs, I am not a lone voice on this matter. We are absolutely appalled."
