Formula One will not cancel a race even if a driver tests positive for Covid-19, CEO Chase Carey said on Tuesday.
The American was speaking after the sport published an eight-race initial calendar with the season starting in Austria on July 5.
“An individual having been found with a positive infection will not lead to a cancellation of a race,” Carey said in an interview on the“We encourage teams to have procedures in place so if an individual has to be put in quarantine, we have the ability to quarantine them at a hotel and to replace that individual,” he added.
Formula One plans to race without spectators, at least initially, and teams will fly in on charters and be isolated from the local population. Carey said he hoped to finalise the rest of the calendar by the end of June and recognised there were some races currently included which might not happen, but the sport had other options.
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