An official of the Austrian Formula 1 team Red Bull Racing admitted to having proposed a strategy of voluntary contamination of the drivers with the new coronavirus, so that they can be immunized from it for the start of the season, but without obtaining any gain. cause.
Helmut Marko, one of the leaders of the stable where he is in charge of the young pilots sector, explained on ORF Austrian television on Sunday that he had offered "to organize a camp so that they are infected".
"They are in excellent health and like that, they would have been ready to start the season," he added, before adding that his idea had "not been well received".
108 dead in Austria
Due to the pandemic, the Grand Prix of Barheïn, Vietnam, China, the Netherlands, Spain and Azerbaijan have already been postponed, while those of Monaco and Australia have had to be canceled.
The 2020 season should not start before June 14 in Canada at the earliest, that is to say three months late. Last week, Helmut Marko had already criticized the consequences of the containment decided by the Austrian government for the economy and declared himself "slightly surprised" that "people accept as easily to take everything on them".
Non-essential businesses, schools, universities and sports halls have been closed to the public since mid-March in Austria in an attempt to slow the epidemic of new coronavirus which has already killed 108 people in the country.
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