Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix say they have asked Formula One management to move the Shanghai race from April to later in the 2021 calendar.
Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll said this week that agreement had already been reached to postpone the Australian Grand Prix to the back end of the season with Bahrain replacing it as the opening race in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The sport saw many races cancelled last year due to the pandemic with the race calendar eventually reduced from 22 rounds to 17 across Europe and the Middle East and some circuits, including Austria, Britain, Bahrain, hosting two Grands Prix.
"We have been in contact [with F1] via conference call almost every week," Yibin Yang, the general manager of race promoter Juss Event, said in Motorsport.com.
"Despite the calendar being in place as usual, I think it's hugely uncertain the F1 race would take place in the first half of the year, in April.
"We aim to swap it to the second half of the year, and we have formally submitted the request that we hope to move it to the second half of the year."
Formula One announced a 2021 calendar in November featuring a record 23 rounds with 21 races the highest in a single season till date.
China, which is the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, has either cancelled or rescheduled all global sporting events since the start of the pandemic.
"To move it to the second half of the year, it depends on the plan of the city government," Yang added in Shanghai. "If we put all international events to the second half of the year, it will be over the capacity for the city."
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Gallery: the 2020 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen after winning the 2020 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. Getty -
Fireworks go off as Max Verstappen crosses the line to win the race. Getty -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen. AFP -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen leads at the start of the Abu Dhabi GP. EPA -
Race winner Max Verstappen in a press conference after the race. Getty -
Third placed Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Getty -
Second placed Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes. Getty -
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen leads the pack. AFP -
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands leeads at the start of the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. AP -
Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Getty -
Race winner Max Verstappen with second placed Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton who finished third. Getty -
Max Verstappen celebrates with his Red Bull team after winning in Abu Dhabi. Getty -
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton burns tires after the race. AP -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates victory. Getty -
Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes during the race. Getty -
Max Verstappen celebrates with his Red Bull team after winning in Abu Dhabi. Getty -
Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas and teammate Lewis Hamilton do doughnuts after the race. AFP -
Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas and teammate Lewis Hamilton do doughnuts after the race. AFP -
Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas and teammate Lewis Hamilton do doughnuts after the race. AFP -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates winning the race. Reuters -
Left to right: Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Getty -
Red Bull's Alexander Albon who finished fourth. Reuters -
An Etihad jet flies over the circuit ahead of the Grand Prix. AFP -
Action from the start of the race. Reuters -
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who finished 13th. AFP -
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during a warm up lap before the race. Reuters -
Lance Stroll of Canada on his way to the grid prior to the race. Getty Images -
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc during the race. AFP -
Renault's Daniel Ricciardo, who finished 7th in Abu Dhabi. AFP -
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. Reuters -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen leads at the start of the race Pool. Reuters -
Alexander Albon of Thailand. Getty -
Racing Point's Lance Stroll. AFP -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen leads at the start of the race. Reuters -
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. AP -
Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Getty -
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas. PA -
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc makes a pitstop. Getty -
Red Bull's Max Verstappen. AFP -
Safety car leads the field during the race. Getty -
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. AP -
Mercedes' driver Lewis Hamilton. AFP -
Red Bull's Alexander Albon. AFP -
Red Bull's Alexander Albon of Thailand during the warm-up lap. AP -
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. AFP -
ed Bull's Max Verstappen in action at the start of the race. Reuters -
Drivers on the starting grid ahead of the race. AFP -
Fernando Alonso and Renault Sport F1 team members with his 2005 F1 title winning Renault R25. Getty -
Fernando Alonso and Renault Sport F1 team members with his 2005 F1 title winning Renault R25. Getty
