I was commenting yesterday about how surprised I was that the FIA was continuing with the season, especially given the international travel requirements. It seems this has all unraveled even before the first race of the season.

It’s also worth noting the FIA hasn’t confirmed this yet, and it seems to be a decision made by the teams to not compete.

Yeah, it's still not up at F1.com. But if the teams won't compete, there won't be a race, whether it's officially canceled or not.

I think the bad publicity would be too much for the FIA to accept this time. But they have refused to cancel races at the request of the teams in the past. 7/10 teams wanted to cancel the 2005 US GP, but the FIA refused. Resulting in what was probably the most farcical race in the history of Motorsport (where 14/20 drivers retired after the formation lap).