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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Jonathan Spencer

F1 tear up Russian Grand Prix contract amid country's invasion of Ukraine

Formula 1 will no longer race in Russia for the foreseeable future after the sport tore up its contract with the promoter of the Grand Prix.

The decision comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as sporting governing bodies continue to sanction the country for their escalating actions.

The Russian Grand Prix in Sochi was cancelled from the 2022 calendar in the wake of the war between Russia and Ukraine, but the sport has now taken the toughest stance possible by scrapping the meeting altogether.

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