2023 - Race 6 ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA

[F1nKS]

Imola is at risk to be cancelled. Santerno River that runs near the track is at flood stage. F1 teams have been told not to go to the track on Wednesday. Forecast is that instead of heavy rain as the week progresses will just be rain.

https://thesportsrush.com/f1-news-im...d-to-evacuate/

[Nitrodaze]

Last time it rained at race weekend at Imola, most of the cars crashed out. This is going to be interesting if they choose to go ahead with this race.

[Bagwan]

The event is cancelled .

At this point , there are 3 deaths reported due to the flooding , and thousands evacuated .
This was the right call .

I hope everyone else stays safe .

[The Black Knight]

I'd imagine the cancellation is a result of nit having enough emergency services availabe for the race otherwise I think it should have gone ahead.

Either way I see no reason why it cannot be done in August instead given the little darlings in the paddock already had a nice 4 week break for themselves.

[Humber]

Not as many Formula One events have been cancelled (outside the war years) as one might guess.

WRC - 1990 Rally Sweden was cancelled due to flooded roads and stages at other events have been cancelled due to wet weather/ fog over the years.

https://racingnews365.com/the-races-...ed-grands-prix

[airshifter]

Well it was the right thing to do. Many transportation problems impacting the ability to quickly move about on the roads, both for regular and emergency situations.

That will leave some teams with new upgrades not testing them until Monaco, which often uses differing setups and equipment due to the tight nature of the track. That might impact if they can really tell how much the upgrades have helped.

[Bagwan]

There may be a lot of issues getting equipment that was already at Imola , to Monaco , given the state of both the track , itself , and the roads around it .
Priority will , of course , be given to rescue and emergency vehicles .