{"id":1342791,"date":"2022-02-25T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342791"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:24:24","slug":"formula-1-cancels-2022-russian-grand-prix-in-response-to-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/formula-1-cancels-2022-russian-grand-prix-in-response-to-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 Cancels 2022 Russian Grand Prix in Response to Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformula-1-cancels-2022-russian-grand-prix-in-response-to-ukraine-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Formula 1\u00a0announced on Friday that they would not hold the\u00a02022 F1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi scheduled for September 23-25 following\u00a0Russia\u2019s attacks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article.formula-1-statement-on-the-russian-grand-prix.4S39V28GpAH5ESb8LksW0J.html\">released<\/a> Friday morning following a teleconference meeting between F1, the FIA, and team principals Thursday evening, stating\u00a0that the race was \u201cimpossible to hold\u201d because of the \u201ccurrent circumstances\u201d with Russia:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The FIA Formula 1 World Championship visits countries all over the world with a positive vision to unite people, bringing nations together.<\/p>\n<p>We are watching the developments in Ukraine with sadness and shock and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening Formula 1, the FIA, and the teams discussed the position of our sport, and the conclusion is, including the view of all relevant stakeholders, that it is impossible to hold the Russian Grand Prix in the current circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before F1 made their final decision Friday morning,\u00a0Sebastian Vettel \u2014 who drives for\u00a0Aston Martin, has\u00a0won\u00a0four World Drivers\u2019 Championship titles and is the director of the Grand Prix Drivers\u2019 Association (GPDA) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2022\/02\/24\/vettel-vows-not-to-race-in-russia-if-f1-doesnt-cancel\/\">made<\/a> a statement before the final decision.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/sebastian-vettel-of-germany-driving-the-aston-martin-amr21-mercedes-picture-id1354212324?k=20&#038;m=1354212324&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=Lpq0lhOEhN4xZzP45_mhx7CuTT5KtH94HWxxK06F5TQ=\" alt=\"Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the Aston Martin AMR21 Mercedes during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Losail International...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>DOHA, QATAR \u2013 NOVEMBER 19: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Aston Martin AMR21 Mercedes during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Losail International Circuit on November 19, 2021, in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Mark Thompson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] GPDA haven\u2019t spoken on this subject, so I can\u2019t speak on behalf of the GPDA.\u00a0In my personal opinion, obviously, I woke up again to this morning\u2019s news and I was shocked,\u201d Vettel said.\u00a0\u201cI think it\u2019s horrible to see what is happening and obviously if you look at the calendar we have a race scheduled in Russia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/sebastian-vettel-of-germany-and-aston-martin-f1-team-walks-the-track-picture-id1351315495?k=20&#038;m=1351315495&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=k_2rtruwSGWP6N6HxJWh362EZ3kR5DgJcOKk5MKpC0I=\" alt=\"Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Aston Martin F1 Team walks the track during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>MEXICO CITY, MEXICO \u2013 NOVEMBER 04: Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Aston Martin F1 Team walks the track during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on November 04, 2021, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor myself, my opinion is I should not go, I will not go. I\u2019m just really shocked and sad to see what\u2019s going on. We will see going forward, but I think my decision is already made,\u201d Vettel added.<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen, who races for Red Bull and is the reigning world champion, said, \u201cWhen a country is at war, it\u2019s not correct to race there, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1\u00a0announced on Friday that they would not hold the\u00a02022 F1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi scheduled for September 23-25 following\u00a0Russia\u2019s attacks on Ukraine. The statement was released Friday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}