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A Formula One Management source told Reuters the 10 teams, a
majority of them British-based, had also agreed to carry the
#Manchester hashtag on their cars.
A statement was expected later.
Monday night's attack in the northern English city, claimed by
the Islamic State militant group, killed 22 people at a concert
venue packed with children, and wounded dozens more.
The Cannes Film Festival, under way just down the French Riviera
coast from Monaco, held a minute's silence on Tuesday for what
organizers condemned as an "attack on culture, youth and
joyfulness".
An appearance by triple Formula One world champion Lewis
Hamilton to promote the Disney franchise "Cars" was also
canceled "out of respect for the casualties and all of those
impacted", according to the film's publicist.
A deadly truck attack in the nearby Riviera city of Nice on July
14 last year killed 86 people who had gathered to watch the
fireworks on Bastille Day.
Ross Brawn, Formula One's managing director for motorsport, was
born near Manchester and is a fervent supporter of the
Manchester United soccer club.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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