Formula 1 plans questioned: "Chance of racing in 2020 is fifty-fifty"

It is not only Formula 1 that is seeing its Grands Prix cancelled; Formula E is also seeing it cancelled. The boss of the electric class doesn't dare to say with certainty that the racing season will still start in 2020 and even estimates the chance at fifty-fifty.

The Formula E season did start in November and still has a respectable number of races of five. They too were forced to stop because of the coronavirus. Just like F1, Formula E hopes to restart soon, but Alejandro Agag is a bit less optimistic than Liberty Media and the FOM.

"We are going to try the same thing. We are going to try to put some races behind closed doors,", says the founder and CEO of Formula E to Reuters. However, the Spaniard only estimates the chance at fifty percent. "I guess it's a 50-50 chance. The same for us.”

Agag briefly explains his plans and focuses on the month of August. "We will try and make at least two or three more races in a closed circuit. I think that should be possible in the month of August. But again, who knows? "I'm thinking 90% they will be in Europe. We still have an option outside of Europe that we're looking at, that is still alive, but we will decide later on."

Doubts about plans F1

Formula 1 serves as an example for Agag, but he has his reservations about the plans for the pinaccle of motorsport. "So I would try to do what Formula 1 is doing, but I am not sure if it is doable”, he expresses his doubts out loud.