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Westacott: Not a chance Australian Grand Prix happens without fans

The season-opening Formula 1 race in Melbourne will proceed as planned this week and there is ‘no chance' fans will be excluded because of coronavirus fears, Australian Grand Prix Corporation chief Andrew Westacott said on Monday. The fourth round of the championship in Shanghai in April has been postponed, while organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix said on Sunday that their race would go ahead without spectators March 22. Westacott, however, said there was no prospect at all of Australia following suit with Sunday's race at Albert Park, especially after a record crowd packed into Melbourne Cricket Ground for Sunday's Women's T20 World Cup final. 'Not a chance,' Westacott told SEN...
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