The coronavirus-hit Formula One season will finally get underway with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5.
Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober 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.
The Red Bull Ring's relatively remote location and a nearby local airport has made it the ideal venue for F1 in the current circumstances, while rates of infection and a death toll of less than 700 in Austria have been relatively smaller than other European countries.
When it does start, Lewis Hamilton will be bidding for a record-equaling seventh F1 world title but his hopes of being able to race in front of his home crowd in a British Grand Prix double-header at Silverstone in August still hang in the balance. "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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