Vietnamese Grand Prix could be held in November

The Vietnamese Grand Prix, the country's first Formula One GP, could be held in late November.

Published : Jul 06, 2020 20:04 IST , Hanoi

File image of the Vietnamese Grand Prix race track in Hanoi being constructed in February 2020. It will be the country's first F1 GP.
File image of the Vietnamese Grand Prix race track in Hanoi being constructed in February 2020. It will be the country's first F1 GP.
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File image of the Vietnamese Grand Prix race track in Hanoi being constructed in February 2020. It will be the country's first F1 GP.

Vietnam could host the country's first Formula One Grand Prix in late November, the ruling body of its capital city said on Monday, as the country approaches three months without domestic transmission of the coronavirus.

The Vietnamese Grand Prix was initially due to take place in Hanoi on April 5 but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers said they would monitor the virus situation and pick another time for the race.

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“We are assessing all virus-related issues and will discuss them with the organisers. Hopefully the race can be resumed by end-November,” Hanoi's chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said at a meeting attended by local media, of which a recording was obtained by Reuters .

Chung did not elaborate and it was not clear if a November date had been discussed with Formula One.

The 2020 Formula One season started in Austria on Sunday with an initial calendar that so far has eight races in Europe, without spectators, until September, with uncertainty about how many races there will be.

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Thanks to an aggressive, targeted testing programme and a centralised quarantine system, Vietnam has contained infections numbers to just 369, most of whom have recovered. There have been no reported deaths.

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