Australian F1 Grand Prix cancelled due to fears over coronavirus spread

One of the biggest races on the formula one's calendar has been cancelled after the Victorian government announced no spectators would be allowed to attend the event.

An Australian Grand Prix official tells the crowd of spectators waiting at the gate that the event has been cancelled.

維州墨爾本取消一年一度的格林披治一級方程式大賽。 Source: AAP

Officials have announced the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix, two days before the race was set to go ahead in Melbourne.

The decision to call off the race, which draws crowds of up to 100,000 people, followed an announcement from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews that spectators would be banned from the Albert Park race track on "public health grounds".