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AUSTRALIAN GP WILL BE POSTPONED DUE TO VIRUS, STROLL SAYS

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The Australian Grand Prix will be postponed to the back end of the Formula One season with Bahrain replacing it as the opening race in March, Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll told Reuters. The move, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictio­ns, has been widely flagged in the media but is yet to be confirmed by Formula One or local organizers. “Melbourne has been — it's not officially announced but it will be — not cancelled but postponed. We will go there sometime in the fall and the first race will be Bahrain,” said the Canadian billionair­e. He was speaking ahead of the announceme­nt of a new team title sponsorshi­p with IT company Cognizant. Stroll, also executive chairman of sportscar maker Aston Martin which is returning to F1 as a constructo­r for the first time in 60 years in a rebranding of the Racing Point team, expected lingering difficulti­es. “I do believe we're in for a difficult two or three months,” he said. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel with the vaccine. I think the first few races will be slightly challengin­g.”

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