Melbourne Grand Prix in doubt after McLaren pull out

Mark Ludlow, Patrick Durkin and Fiona Carruthers

Mar 12, 2020 – 6.01pm

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Formula One team McLaren have pulled out of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, after a team member tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday night.

The decision puts the race in further doubt ahead of Sunday, after six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton publicly questioned why the race was going ahead with four Haas team members also in quarantine.

Mark Ludlow was formerly the Queensland bureau chief.

Patrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership.

Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.