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British Grand Prix still uncertain due to possible new quarantine measures
- GPblog.com
The British Grand Prix is in all likelihood scheduled to take place on the original date. That is on July 19, two weeks after the first race in Austria. However, that date now seems to be in jeopardy.
Currently the plan of Formula 1 is to start the 2020 season with two races in Spielberg on July 5 and 12. One week later the races will already be held at Silverstone. However, a new problem has arisen, as The Guardian reports that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce new quarantine measures on Sunday.
These new measures would mean that from June onwards all people entering the country would first have to spend two weeks in quarantine in order to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 virus infections. Of course, this would not work if Formula 1 were to race in Austria a few days earlier.
It remains to be seen whether the measures on Sunday will really be announced in this way and whether Formula 1 will be able to find a solution to the problem, but it puts a small bomb under the plans Formula 1 has for this summer. If other countries take similar measures, racing will become virtually impossible.