FIA Formula 1 Race Director Michael Masi says the cancellation of Australia’s Grand Prix is “highly disappointing”.

The event was slated to take place in Melbourne in November but was cancelled as a Covid-19 precautionary measure.

“On the weekend in Austria we’ve now completed 26 races in 52 weeks if we go back 12 months, which is a sign of the strength of what Formula One and the FIA together have developed,” Mr Masi told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.

“As an Australian it’s highly disappointing not being able to get there in November.”

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