Formula One has terminated its contract with the Russian Grand Prix following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine, saying Thursday that Russia “will not have a race” sooner or later.
F1 already canceled this 12 months’s race, which had been scheduled to be held in Sochi on Sept. 25. But following additional discussions this week, F1 went a step additional and ended a contract which ran till 2025.
“Formula 1 can confirm it has terminated its contract with the Russian Grand Prix,” F1 stated in a press release. “Russia will not have a race in the future.”
Four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel and several other different drivers stated final week they’d not have raced in Russia even when F1 had determined to go there.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
