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I can understand; I worked in support of another team on a business there a few years ago; indeed a contract means jack**** to them, that is something I can confirm. Add to this that in business, exiting the country is even more difficult than entering it (which in by no means easy).
They say that the new cases they have now are mainly imported, i.e, Chinese people coming back to China after a trip abroad and having caught the Covid-19 in Italy or elsewhere in Europe...

Rgds

 

Hang on Pedro, this thing will not silence you! It is not as bad as the spanish flu...
(situation not looking very good over here either...not really bad for the time being, but...)

Rgds

 

Yes, which in turn means many other MP's have now been exposed to the virus.

 

Unfortunately that article makes sense: if we suspend our passion for a moment and think from the devil's advocate perspective F1 does seem like an ideal spreader.

Meanwhile in Monaco things are starting to turn sour: they just delayed the most important social event of the year, the Rose ball which was scheduled for in two weeks and if they are cancelling delaying forums (see link) then what of two events that brings crowds all over the principality, the Monaco GP but also the Historic GP two weeks before in early May a wonderful event held only on even years which I always attend?

https://monacolife.net/more-events-fall-victim-to-covid-19/

 

Mark Hughes is a good journalist, not focused on immediate matters and facts, but able to put things in perspective. I think he has a valid point.

Rgds

 

I agree, but it's the same for any sporting, cultural, religious, economical or political event that transports thousands of people to different locations on a regular basis.
It doesn't even have to be in different countries. Tourism could even be the largest culprit in spreading diseases around the world.

 

I agree with you that we can't trust China, but on South Korea on the other hand the numbers look promising.

 

I hope that after all this that countries start at least to think about being less dependent on China. I was watching CNBC TV and one pandemic specialist said that antibiotics available in the US have at least 90% of it's composition made of Chinese sources! And that the USA doesn't have reserves in case of a war!

 

It’s called political correctness. Time to get out of China.


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I find the Australian GP organizers irresponsible for continuing with this race. And I don't understand the fans voluntarily attending the race. Australia should follow Bahrain's example and ban it from spectators.

I don't understand Australia's government allowing this to continue.

 

Thanks guys for liking my post. I do feel strongly about this. Look at all the European govts who prohibit events with 1000+ people. Or for that matter all the events in the US which self cancel.

It's pure arrogance and greed by the race organizers. Incomprehensible. Expect the Australian/Melbourne number of infected people to jump in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully I'm dead wrong on all this.

 

I'm also puzzled that the F1 press is not calling it out. Cowards. Probably worried about their press passes. But they should have the common sense to openly criticize the organizers and F1 owners.

At least Roger Benoit from Swiss Blick is calling it out. At least to some degree.

PS: 3 F1 team members have been sent back to their hotels in Melbourne to self quarantine as they showed symptoms. The F1 drivers are being "isolated" from everybody.

 

Seems like insurance for such events doesn't cover epidemics... Liberty will nee to share its profits with the organizers.

 

Andreas,

I wonder if we will have a "season" at all? Seeing this from here in Europe, I think if we could have five or six races at all, then we should declare ourselves "satisfied"; let's face it, this season is already lost, that is the truth.

Rgds

 

Mark Hughes is captain obvious; hasn’t said anything not already talked about on these boards days, weeks ago.

 

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My hope is that this will taper out by May. It is basically gone in China and the rest of the world is like 3 months behind them. So I do think/hope that we will have a decent enough season at some point.

That said, think back of the first decade of the F1 championship: They had like 6 to 8 races tops in a regular season.

 

just going to be a mercedes walkover anyway

 

I don't think you need to cancel races, just have them with no public on the grandstands. Liberty pays the organizers the expenses, that should be much lower if you don't neede to handle the public.

 

I have a different take

To me, F1 would be the tiniest drop in the ocean of spreading it. Millions travel every day.

But I feel that Italy is facing a national crisis at the moment. Many are suffering. Its probably not a great symbol for Ferrari to be out racing around the world when so many are being hurt back home and also stuck in their homes.

 

Interesting point. You could of course argue the other way around: Italians are stuck at home and have nothing to cheer about but there is their team bringing a bit of joy (unless Vettel wrecks it prematurely).

Where IMHO things get dicey from an optics "that doesn't look so good" perspective is the travel ban: Why are the Italian teams (Ferrari, Torro Rosso and Haas) allowed to freely travel in and out of the country when everybody else is on lock down. In fact I could even imagine a scenario where the F1 teams from Italy will be stuck on the road and won't go home between Australia/Bahrain/Vietnam. We'll see.