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  •   Home > News > Sports > Motorsports

    The Australian Grand Prix has been put back exactly eight months due to Covid

    The Australian Grand Prix has been put back exactly eight months due to Covid


    Strict quarantine requirements mean Formula 1 has decided to rejig the start of the season, with the Chinese grand prix also delayed.

    The Aussie race will now take place on November 21st, rather than March 21st.

    The F1 season will now open with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28th.

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    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     19 Oct: New Zealand Formula One driver Liam Lawson will start 12th on the grid for tomorrow's United States Grand Prix in Texas
     17 Oct: Liam Lawson's set to learn of his Formula One future by the end of the month
     16 Oct: Mercedes are sticking with the status quo next Formula One season
     12 Oct: Kiwi Ryan Wood and his co-driver Jayden Ojeda are well in the hunt after the halfway mark of the Bathurst 1000
     12 Oct: To Mount Panorama and the Bathurst 1000
     12 Oct: Supercars great Greg Murphy believes youngsters Ryan Wood and Matt Payne can emulate New Zealand's best as they line up for this afternoon's Bathurst 1000
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