The coronavirus-hit Formula One season will finally get underway with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5, the Austrian government announced.
The race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg circuit will be the first of an F1 double-header, with the second being staged the following weekend. Follow @cnnsport Both races will be held behind closed doors without spectators, it was confirmed in a statement released to CNN.Austrian health minister Rudolf Anshober said the two races had been approved after the Formula One organizers had"presented a comprehensive, professional security plan" to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
F1 star Daniel Ricciardo on farm life in lockdown 03:40"It is up to each individual sport to decide exactly when to resume competition. They know their sports best. But football, tennis, horse racing, Formula 1, cricket, golf, rugby, snooker and others are all set to return to our screens shortly," said Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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