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Formula 1 probably before the start: double Grand Prix at Spielberg?
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At the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Formula 1 could start the remaining season on July 5. Photo: Georg Hochmuth / APA / dpa
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Start on July 5? Spielberg twice, then Silverstone twice? Plans to restart Formula 1 are said to be more specific. In Austria, engines could start roaring again in early July.
SPielberg (dpa) – According to reports, Formula 1 plans to restart on July 5 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. According to the English tabloid “The Sun”, the main motorsport class is said to point to a corresponding scenario.
“We are hopeful and it would be a great start to the championship if it is considered safe. I know Red Bull is doing everything possible to make the race possible, “said Bull Red Bull team boss Christian Horner.
According to the business games, two Grand Prix will take place in Austria before two races are held at Silverstone. In all cases, you must drive without fans.
Helmut Marko, Red Bull motorsports consultant, recently spoke of the possibility of the Austrian Grand Prix being held on July 5, before the second race can be driven on Wednesday afternoon. “The omens indicate that the chances are very high,” Marko said on ORF Radio Steiermark.
The holder of the Formula 1 rights is working on a program, “how to limit the number of people, not the whole environment, then it would have to be several thousand people”. Team members could land directly at Zeltweg near the race track via charter aircraft. Austria’s sports minister and vice chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) had already said that the government “is at least not on the road to a phantom career.”
Horner discussed plans to limit, among other things, the number of team members on the track to around 80 per racing team. If health authorities and government officials give the green light, Formula 1 would have a “starting point that others could follow,” Horner “The Sun” said.
“It is extremely important for motorsport that it starts,” former Formula 1 driver and current television expert Ralf Schumacher told Sky Sport News and said regarding the coronavirus cases: “As for safety, here in Salzburg there is less than 20 cases I think it can work.
The traditional English circuit at Silverstone would also be ready for a double Grand Prix. “We discussed all kinds of implementations, including organizing two races on a weekend or two races on successive weekends,” route chief Stuart Pringle had recently told the Guardian. In early May, Pringle expects Formula 1 bosses to announce a decision on the future schedule.
Under the old plan, driving at Silverstone is scheduled for July 19. Most racing teams are based in England, which would simplify the situation organizationally and logistically.
The first nine main-class races until mid-June were canceled or postponed indefinitely. Formula 1 still hopes to drive up to 18 races this year on a modified schedule.
