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Cause of F1's biggest COVID outbreak in 2021 pinpointed

Formula 1 director of motorsport Ross Brawn says that they have been able to identify the likely cause behind the biggest outbreak of coronavirus to hit the sport during the 2021 season. F1 was forced to abandon the first scheduled race of the season in Australia just minutes before the start of practice after team personnel at McLaren fell ill. By the time that the season did finally get underway in Austria in July, the FIA had put in place strict protocols to ensure everyone was kept as safe as possible from infection. More than 1300 people working for the FIA, F1, teams and the media attended each of the 17 races, and over 78,000 coronavirus tests were overseen by the FIA with just 78...
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