Why F1 can't waste a lap in the post-coronavirus new era

The likelihood of non-championship grand prix returning in the near future is perhaps even less now that every event Formula 1 can hold is crucial to ensuring the survival of its teams, but that doesn't mean the idea should be rejected altogether.

Alex Kalinauckas Apr 22, 2020, 12:50 PM

This week's Autosport magazine is dedicated to the many non-championship Formula 1 races that regularly took place alongside the world championship during its first quarter of a century. These events varied in terms of their prestige and nature - some were smaller, club-style sprints, while others were proper grand prix races.

But while non-championship races have long since left the schedules for F1 teams, the series did recently consider the possibility of adding extra point-less events to the calendar as a way of experimenting with weekend formats.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.