Photos: F1's last track day before the coronavirus shutdown

Photos: F1's last track day before the coronavirus shutdown

Published on 28 May 2020 12:56

By: Fergal Walsh

On February 28, exactly three months ago, Formula 1 cars took to the Circuit de Catalunya for the final time before the season was set to begin in Australia.

However since the end of February, COVID-19 has been announced as a pandemic, over 5.7 million people have been infected and more than 356,000 have lost their lives.

The opening ten races of the 2020 F1 season were called off, and a grand prix has not been held since December 1 last year, when Abu Dhabi concluded the 2019 campaign.

Below, you can look at photos of F1's last official session, three months on.

Photos Barcelona, February 28, 2020

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