not surprised, but very unfortunate for Honda.
All of this is super complicated to plan for F1, because of the covid dynamics (in a positive and/or negative way).
Turkey is currently on the red list of the British government (7 teams must go in quarantine for 10 days). This either has to change or F1 must get an exception. Or they need another track to host the race on the 10th of October. Or switch the dates of the Russian and Turkish GP.
A lot of uncertainty for F1 to work with...
There are plans of a second race in Austin on the 17th of October to replace Japan. But with Turkey on the red list + 10 days of quarantine, there's not enough time for the teams to make it work.
Plus they can't push it further back, because Brazil GP is on the 7th November (promoters want to push it back to the 14th). Problem: Brazil and Mexico are also on the British red list...
Qatar is a possible replacement for Australia