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Circuits fighting to host 'ghost races' - Lammers

May 5 Circuits are fighting behind the scenes to be part of F1's new 'corona calendar' for 2020, according to Dutch GP boss Jan Lammers. On the face of it, Liberty Media will simply help the promoters like Austria and Silverstone to organise races whilst spectators are unable to cover the costs by buying tickets. But Lammers, sporting boss at the Dutch GP, says it's not quite that simple. He said Austria, Silverstone, Hungary "and possibly the Netherlands and Belgium" are among the initial candidates lined up by Liberty for 'ghost races'. "But then they would have to pay for those five races without an audience. These are, of course, considerable sums that they cannot just...
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