De GP van Bahrein, de tweede race op de F1-kalender, zal achter gesloten deuren verreden worden.

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Een bericht gedeeld door Poleposition (@poleposition.de) op 8 Mrt 2020 om 12:46 (PST)

Ook de autosportwereld wordt getroffen door de uitbraak van het coronavirus. Bahrein is één van de landen die ernstig getroffen is en uit voorzorg voor zowel de locale bevolking, de fans, de rijders en al het personeel actief in de Formule 1 zal de race zonder publiek verreden worden.

“De veiligheid is onze eerste prioriteit,” luidt het in een mededeling.

De GP van Bahrein 2020 wordt zo de eerste race in de geschiedenis van de Formule 1 die zonder publiek wordt verreden.

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In consultation with our international partners and the Kingdom’s national health Taskforce, Bahrain has made the decision to hold this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix as a participants-only event. As an F1 host nation, balancing the welfare of supporters and race goers is a tremendous responsibility. Given the continued spread of Covid-19 globally, convening a major sporting event, which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travellers and local fans to interact in close proximity would not be the right thing to do at the present time. But to ensure that neither the sport, nor its global supporter base, is unduly impacted, the race weekend itself will still go ahead as a televised event. Bahrain’s own early actions to prevent, identify and isolate cases of individuals with Covid-19 has been extremely successful to date. The approach has involved rapid, proactive measures, identifying those affected by the virus, of which the overwhelming majority of cases relate to those travelling into the country by air. Aggressive social distancing measures have further increased the effectiveness of preventing the virus’ spread, something that would clearly be near impossible to maintain were the race to have proceeded as originally planned. We know how disappointed many will be by this news, especially for those planning to travel to the event, which has become a cornerstone event of the international F1 calendar, but safety has to remain our utmost priority.

Een bericht gedeeld door Bahrain International Circuit (@bah_int_circuit) op 7 Mrt 2020 om 11:45 (PST)

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De GP van Bahrein, de tweede race op de F1-kalender, zal achter gesloten deuren verreden worden.