Australian Grand Prix organisers say they’re “actually assured” the journey chaos brought on by the continued battle within the Center East is not going to affect the opening race of the System 1 season this weekend.
Near 1,000 members of workers have been pressured to rearrange flights, with an estimated 500 of them reportedly set to be flown from Europe on constitution planes.
It comes after the US and Israel launched an assault towards Iran on Saturday, sparking retaliatory strikes across the region.
F1 additionally mentioned it was “intently monitoring” the state of affairs, with upcoming races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia scheduled in April.
Australian System 1 chief Travis Auld mentioned on Monday that “everybody will probably be right here prepared for the race” as Melbourne prepares to host the 2026 curtain-raiser.
Many drivers and different key personnel primarily based in Europe have had journey plans affected by the main disruption to international air transport, with key routes by means of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates impacted.
“The final 48 hours have required some reshuffling of flights,” Auld mentioned.
“That’s largely System 1’s accountability. They take cost of the groups, drivers and all of the personnel which are required right here to make this occasion occur. There’s fairly a variety of them.
“My understanding is that is all now been locked in, everybody will probably be right here prepared for the race and followers will not discover any distinction.”
