Formula 1 drivers were 🐻unable to tak༺e to the track on Friday after both practice sessions for the Eifel Grand Prix were abandoned amid poor weather conditions.

Friday morning’s opening practice session was delayed and eventually cancelled as rain and cold weather hit the Nurburgring circuit, before FP2 suffered the same fate ✤as the fog failed to lift, meaning the medical helicopter was unable to fly.

F1 running cannot take place if the medical helicopter is u๊nable to arrive at its destination and the nearest hospital is more than a 20 minutes’ drive away from the circuit.

Like in🦂 FP1, an initial 30-minute delay to the session starting was confirmed, before a further update announced a second 30-minute delay at 3:30pm local time.

At 4:00pm, with the clock continuing to tick down in the sche🎶duled 90-minute session, the FIA decided to abandon practice altogether.

🌺It means F1’s teams and drivers head into Saturday and Sunday having completed no running during the first visit to the Nu💯rburgring in seven years.

The Nurburgring was one of four new venues added to the revised 2020 calendar as a replacement round for the original rac𝓡es cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

While Friday proved to be a washout, weather conditions look to be much better for final 𒀰practice and qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday with a minimal risk of rain and sunny 𓆉spells forecast.

F1 race director Michael Masi said the FIA was working on a series of "bacౠkup plans" in case the Nurburgring is hit with similar conditions 💝again. 

"The forecast looks better but we are also working on some backu🍌p plans should we have a similar situati𒊎on so we are able to workaround. We are working on those as we speak," Masi said.

"We wil🐓l work on the backup plans and then advise everyone accordingly at the same time."

The cancellation of the opening practice session denied Ferrari junior drivers 𒅌Mick Schumacher a🐎nd Callum Ilott the chance to make their F1 race weekend on-track debuts with Alfa Romeo and Haas respectively.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said the team will try to rearrange the planned practice outings for Schumacher and Ilott to take place at the season-ending Abu Dha✤bi Gr♔and Prix.