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Advanced testing of F1 paddock 'key' to starting season

Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer says advanced virus testing of members of the paddock will be a key requirement for starting the F1 season. Formula 1 is planning to return to action in early July in Austria behind closed doors if current lockdown measures linked to the coronavirus continue to be eased across Europe and in the UK in the coming months. Local health guidelines will likely be in force at each event, but Szafnauer says it's better to be safe than sorry, insisting F1 will also need to test its community ahead of its first race to minimize risks of contagion in the paddock. "So we’re now looking at what it would take to do that (start in Austria) and I think one of...
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