F1 made right call in cancelling the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but major obstacles remain in order to reach target by 2030
Were a reminder needed – and surely it is not – Formula One having to cancel the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last week was definitive evidence that the climate emergency is no abstract inconvenience but very real and now close to home in the sport’s European heartland.
F1 comes with a carbon cost that contributes to the rising floodwaters that put paid to the Imola race weekend and the sport has long been a conspicuous polluter as it crisscrosses the globe. Now boasting a comprehensive plan to address it, climate experts are asking the question of F1: is it enough?