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Carey: Positive COVID-19 test will not cancel race

Formula 1 races will not be cancelled even if there is a positive test for COVID-19, CEO Chase Carey said on Tuesday. The American was speaking after the sport published an eight-race initial calendar with the season starting in Austria on July 5. The original March 15 opener in Australia was cancelled after a McLaren team member returned a positive test for the new coronavirus before the weekend had started. “An individual having been found with a positive infection will not lead to a cancellation of a race,” Carey said in an interview on the official F1 website. “We encourage teams to have procedures in place so if an individual has to be put in quarantine, we have the ability to...
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