News Details

Salo: COVID-19 could delay 2020 driver market

  The silly season could face a delay of its own if Formula 1 races are unable to go ahead, says former driver Mika Salo. Salo, who commentates for Finnish TV station MTV, expressed his reservations that teams would be willing to commence negotiations for drivers, particularly those in junior formulae, given the inability to assess them first-hand with no races to watch. “The contracts will have to be signed sooner or later, but currently there is no data on which to base any decision,' he explained. 'So the season of the drivers market can only be postponed to the next few months. 'It certainly won't start as early as in 2019.' Further complicating matters, Salo noted that in the...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Formula 1 teams agree to delay introduction of 2021...

Formula 1 will delay the introduction of the sport's planned 2021...
6y ago from F1i.com

Red Bull sign Igor Fraga to junior team

Red Bull have signed Igor Fraga to their junior programme for 2020, with...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

F1 bosses agree to delay 2021 regulations!

Bosses of F1 teams have agreed to delay the new 2021 regulations to 2022,...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Coronavirus: Formula 1 teams agree rules change delay...

Formula 1 bosses have agreed to delay the planned 2021 rules until 2022...
6y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

How Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Brazilian MotoGP to...

New MotoGP championship leader Marco Bezzecchi overcame a "really...

Gresini Racing exploring potential Honda MotoGP...

Gresini Racing are exploring a potential reunion with Honda as a...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Martin Odegaard 'very frustrated and grumpy' after...

Norway head coach Stale Solbakken has stated that Arsenal star Martin...
53m ago from SportsKeeda.com

The ghost of Aprils past: is Arsenal’s title anxiety...

Gunners have a nine-point lead in the Premier League. But recent run-ins,...
53m ago from TheGuardian.com

Merson: Arsenal will still win the title this season -...

Sky Sports' Paul Merson believes Arsenal will still win the Premier League...
1h ago from SkySports.com

The fish must be fried

Morning. Just woke up. Checking dust levels: settling, but not settled....
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.