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Silverstone: We're looking at cardboard cut-out fans

The British Grand Prix is considering the use of cardboard cut-out fans amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, managing director Stuart Pringle has revealed. A practice that has been employed across several football leagues with fans unable to attend due to restrictions on mass gatherings, Pringle indicated he would be in favour of employing it in Formula 1. “We have looked at things and I’m certainly not short of people trying to sell me interesting novel ideas, particularly printing companies seeking to replicate the Bundesliga cardboard crowd thing, which actually is great and I’m up for,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live. “We’re in the entertainment business, we want to retain a...
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