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2020 Vietnamese Grand Prix
The Vietnamese Grand Prix ( vi, Giải đua xe Công thức 1 Việt Nam, lit=The Vietnamese Formula 1 race) was a proposed Formula One Grand Prix that was first due to take place in April 2020. The race was initially postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 pandemic, and was postponed indefinitely. The Grand Prix was removed from the 2021 calendar because of the arrest of Hanoi People's Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung on Corruption in Vietnam, corruption charges unrelated to the Grand Prix. History Plans for a race in Vietnam were first explored by former Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone, who abandoned the idea as there were already four races in East Asia at the time (the Malaysian Grand Prix, Malaysian, Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore, Chinese Grand Prix, Chinese and Japanese Grand Prix, Japanese Grands Prix). Ecclestone also acknowledged that the failure of the Korean Grand Prix, Korean and Indian Grand Prix, Indian Grands Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanoi Circuit
The Hanoi Circuit or Hanoi Street Circuit (Vietnamese: ''Trường đua đường phố Hà Nội'') was a motor racing venue located in the Nam Từ Liêm district of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It was a street circuit designed to host the Vietnamese Grand Prix, a planned round of the Formula One World Championship. The circuit is long and was designed by circuit architect Hermann Tilke. History The Hanoi Circuit was originally expected to make its debut on the Formula One calendar in 2020, but the race was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned next Formula One race on the circuit was also dropped from the 2021 calendar because of the arrest on corruption charges of a key official responsible for the race in Hanoi. The circuit, going anticlockwise, was located next to the Mỹ Đình National Stadium and consisted of a temporary street section and a purpose-built layout that will be open to the public once completed. It also features one of the longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |