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Failure to comply with the indications asking for social distance by spectators led the organization of the Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix to reinforce surveillance this Sunday at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (AIA), in Portimão, where the race takes place . Those who do not comply with the rules will be expelled ”, assured the administrator of the AIA, Paulo Pinheiro, to Jornal de Notícias.
The images captured during the tests this Saturday show spectators sitting on the bands without complying with the distance. Paulo Pinheiro confirmed that this happened on the benches of “Portimão” and “Portimão 2”, but that in the others everything went normally. “The racecourse has 11 stands and nine came out well and the other two badly,” he told Jornal de Notícias, asking visitors to comply with the rules, not skip lines and do not leave the designated places.
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“He who does not comply with what is marked on the benches and leaves his place immediately goes to the street,” he said.
The Formula 1 Grand Prix started on Friday in Portimão and ends this Sunday. The race had not been held in Portugal for 24 years; the last time Formula 1 passed through Portugal was in 1996, in Estoril. In order for it to take place in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic, the capacity of the AIA was reduced to 27,500 places, according to the recommendations of the General Directorate of Health.
“As a consequence of these new measures, the health and administrative authorities have also determined new limitations and prohibitions regarding the presence of the public in the Portuguese Grand Prix, namely, a further decrease in the total number of spectators allowed, and also a total ban on spectators in the area. pawn, “AIA management said in a statement Tuesday.
