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Alex Kalinauckas

In the shadows of Melbourne and Spa, F1 does the right thing over Imola

The unease felt exactly the same. For the second time in just over three years, it was time to fly to a race that had disaster looming large around it.

But with this weekend’s 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix cancelled, the outcome for Formula 1 is very different to that dark March week down under in Australia in 2020. Then the championship had rather dithered over what to do in the face of the unfurling, horrifying, COVID-19 pandemic.

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