The Start of the formula 1 season: What happens in a Corona case among the pilots?

The formula 1 want to be when you restart your season, also in the case of a Corona-infection of a driver is not braking. "We processes are not designed so that the diagnosis of infection leads to a cancellation. If a driver has an infection, are a reserve driver available,“ said CEO Chase Carey in a post on the website of formula 1. The series wants on 5. July with a Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, season start.

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The planned opening in mid-March in Australia had been cancelled because of the Covid-19-disease of any employee of the McLaren team in the short term test. Since then, formula 1 is in the forced break. Meanwhile, the motor sport Royal class is very safe, "to have the necessary processes and the expertise and the skills to be able to have a safe environment and to cope with all the things that come to us," said Carey.

An infected member of the team had to go in a Hotel in a quarantine, and anyone else can be replaced. Even in the event that a team cannot participate in a world championship race, this would not automatically lead to the cancellation of the race, assuring the formula 1 boss.

In the Notkalender for the Corona-season, the formula 1 is also on other Rennabsagen. The series have catered for the "Alternatives, including other routes that are hosting ready," it said after the announcement of the first eight dates for the shortened world Cup. These replacement plans would be, "if the calendar needs to be adjusted". For the time being, the formula 1 will begin with eight races to six courses in Europe and, later, the Grand Prix will follow on other continents. However, it is uncertain whether the global pandemic situation Overseas-to allow the race.

What is with the idea of a replacement race in Germany?

The Hockenheim ring is prepared according to information of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for one or two races more as a possible organiser for a world championship race. "If it would result in a Situation that, again, is a need, we look to see whether it is feasible," said CEO Jorn Teske is now, also, the German press Agency. "We set up our plans, but not of forced then, now a formula 1-to race," added Teske.