'Real risk' to Australian Grand Prix's future if the 2022 race has to be cancelled

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'Real risk' to Australian Grand Prix's future if the 2022 race has to be cancelled

Australian Grand Prix boss Andrew Westacott says he would fear for the race’s future if the 2022 edition joined the previous two in having to be cancelled.Traditionally the Formula 1 season’s curtain-raiser, the Melbourne event became the first race to fall victim to the pandemic shortly before FP1 was due to begin in March 2020 just as COVID-19 was starting to have a major impact on the world.The grand prix at Albert Park was not rescheduled la…