The Formula 1 season, delayed due to the coronavirus, will resume on July 5 in Austria. The stables will then remain in Europe until the beginning of September, culminating in the prestigious Grand Prix of Monza, in Italy. 

The 2020 Formula 1 season, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, will start on July 5 in Austria and the first eight races will take place in Europe between July and September, according to the new calendar formalized on Tuesday. A second GP will follow in Austria (on the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg) on ​​July 12, before Hungary (on the Hungaroring in Budapest) on July 19, Great Britain (at Silverstone) on August 2 and 9, Spain (on the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in Montmelo) on August 16, Belgium (in Spa-Francorchamps) on August 30 and Italy (in Monza) on September 6. 

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"Due to the current fluidity of the Covid-19 situation at the international level, the details of the full calendar will be finalized in the coming weeks, with the hope of having a total of 15 to 18 races by the end of the season in December, "said the promoter of F1, Formula 1, and its regulatory body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), in a joint statement. "As previously indicated, it is currently planned that the first races will take place behind closed doors" for health reasons, specify the authorities, which then hope to be able to bring back the fans "when it will be possible to do so safely".

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A plan to combat the spread of the virus 

To allow racing to resume, the FIA ​​and F1 have also put in place a plan to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. Among the precautions adopted are the limitation of the number of people on the paddock, health checks on departure for the host country, on arrival, then every two days. The teams will be isolated from each other on the circuits, as well as from the general public outside (international flights, local transport, hotels).

The season should have started in mid-March in Australia but this GP was canceled in extremis following the discovery of a case within the McLaren team. Several races have been postponed (Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Spain, Azerbaijan, Canada, Great Britain) or canceled (Australia, Monaco, France, Netherlands).