sports boss Ross Brawn still hopes that there will be a reasonably normal, if in the current Situation possible – formula – 1-season 2020. He recently announced that during a Start-up in the summer for up to 19 races were possible. Compared to ‘Sky’, he affirms in the same day .
“of Course, we must adhere to the requirements of the government,” explains Brawn. “But I think that people need to go at some point, back to work,” says the 65-Year-old. The big question is up to date, when it will be. No one can foresee, because nobody knows for sure how the Situation with the Coronavirus in the individual countries will develop.
Therefore, it would be even possible that the crisis could go on even up to the year 2021. Brawn don’t want to wait, therefore, until the Virus is completely gone. He suggests that you can also unsubscribe before race again, unless there was “significantly more precautions than before”. Brawn reminds us: “This disease has social and economic a massive impact.”
Brawn warns: “If the Sport breaks down …”
“you must also take into account when you decide when the time has come back [to normal] to return to” the formula-1-sport-in-chief. What he means: COVID-19 is no longer just a risk for the health of the people. The Virus has plunged the world economy into a crisis. While Brawn wants to talk to no risk to health due to the Virus is small.
“But also the economic and social impact of the disease are slowly becoming a real factor,” he insists, and explains: “We need to find a Balance that allows it to regain a sense of normalcy. Sport is an important factor for the well-being of the people. He has you, he has you, and there are a lot of positive emotions in order.”
he Also reminded that even in the formula 1 many jobs are at stake. “We employ thousands of people. If the Sport collapses, then several Thousand people will lose their Jobs,” said Brawn, who also knows that the situation will not relax from today to tomorrow. Rather, it will give a “transition phase”.
How one would react when a new corona case?
It won’t run, “it is one day fine and the other not,” is Brawn not aware of. He hopes, therefore, that you can return in the addressed Transition slowly to normality. However, one must be “as careful as possible in order to minimize the risk,” said Brawn. Possibly, one could also go back to the race.
However, some questions remain in this scenario open. What would be, for example, if a case like in Melbourne at the entrance, as a McLaren employee has been tested positive for the Coronavirus? “We would have to look at the circumstances. It was in the factory or at the track? And we would have to have a Plan to deal with it,” says Brawn.
The formula 1 has sent this week a part of their UK employees in short-time work. Brawn and other management level has reduced the salary to 20 percent.
This article by Ruben Zimmermann
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