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F1 turns down vaccine offer amid $400m loss

Mar.1 Formula 1 has turned down an offer to get closer to its pre-covid days by getting vaccinated by the Bahraini government. Officials of the season opening grand prix at Sakhir, who will also host pre-season testing this month, have written to the sport offering members of the travelling circus the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. 'As a UK-based organisation, Formula 1 has no plans to get vaccinated as a travelling group ahead of the planned rollout of vaccines through the UK health system,' a F1 spokesperson told international publications. F1's ‘no' to Bahrain comes despite Liberty Media admitting it recorded an almost $400 million loss in 2020. The sport is at least hoping that...
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