Anybody worried about corona wrecking the F1 season? China obviously already postponed/cancelled, but Italian teams will have travel restrictions, the Middle East is blowing up with the virus, etc.

MotoGP already cancelled their first two races.

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Posted by MountainTiger

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Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:49 am to Cocotheape

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Anybody worried about corona wrecking the F1 season?

Yeah definitely worried about that. Like you said they already 86'd China and I've heard that the Hanoi race is now threatened. Bahrain might be questionable too although I haven't heard anyone say it could be cut.

Also I heard a few weeks ago that Imola wanted to have a race to make up for the cancelled China race (on a different date) but haven't heard anything since. Obviously some bad juju there because of Senna but I'd love to see a Grand Prix at Imola again. Much more interesting track than Monza.

This post was edited on 3/5/20 at 10:51 am

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Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 3/5/20 at 1:05 pm to Cocotheape

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Anybody worried about corona wrecking the F1 season? China obviously already postponed/cancelled,

Luckily the season rolls out slowly so in a month they can see where they are and not have to have knee jerk reactions.

These teams aren't insulated, so an employee is going to bring the virus into the factories eventually. Like any office, once it starts spreading the travel will seem less of an issue.

Maybe they race in front of some empty stands at points.

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