London (AFP)
The director of the English circuit of Silverstone, Stuart Pringle, remains "confident" on the holding of the two Formula 1 Grand Prix this summer, despite the fortnight for people arriving in the United Kingdom from June 8 announced on Friday by the government .
"I can tell you that the importance of this discipline is understood by the government. I remain very optimistic that we will find a solution," Stuart Pringle told Sky Sports.
The British government had announced earlier that any traveler arriving in the UK from June 8 will be imposed 14 days of voluntary isolation to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
Exceptions are made for road hauliers and medical personnel, as well as for the Irish, but not for Formula 1 at the moment.
F1 hopes to start its season on July 5 with a Grand Prix in Austria behind closed doors and a second one the following Sunday on the same Spielberg circuit, also behind closed doors, before two races, still without audience, at Silverstone.
But a spokesperson for Formula One told AFP on Tuesday that "a fortnight of 14 days would make it impossible to organize a British Grand Prix this year".
However, Mr. Pringle still hopes to convince the government that the measures taken by Formula 1 to limit the risks are sufficient.
"I remain optimistic that a sensible and pragmatic solution, which will legitimately impose on sport to find the right modalities, will be found," argued the leader.
He even said he was "100% sure" that the measures already implemented by F1 will be enough to convince the government to grant a quarantine exemption.
"We would travel to Britain on planes in which there would be only F1 personnel and everyone would be tested, which makes quarantine completely unnecessary," said the spokesman for F1 .
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