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Silverstone considering cardboard cut-out fans for F1 double-header

Silverstone officials are considering using a cardboard crowd to help fill its grandstands when the circuit hosts its back-to-back grands prix in August. The Northamptonshire track occupies two of the eight dates on the recently released European section of the F1 calendar, with the British Grand Prix on August 2, followed by the 70th Anniversary GP a week later. Article continues under video Like the other six events in Europe, the races will be staged without fans, leaving Silverstone to consider how to create some kind of visual background appeal, such as the cardboard fans witnessed recently at Bundesliga matches in Germany. “We have looked at things and I’m certainly not short of...
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