This morning the news came out that the Grand Prix of Russia will be held definitively during the 2020 season. It will also be the first race in which the public is welcome again, the organization reports. No problems with the corona virus are expected.
After the start of the season in Australia was canceled at the beginning of this year, the question was whether there would even be a race in 2020. Fortunately, it soon became known that Formula 1 did everything it could to start a championship. realize. We are now a few months further and the first Grand Prix is already over. In Austria, everything is still going smoothly and no positive cases of the coronavirus have been reported. In Russia they therefore go a step further. Now that they have received the green light for a Grand Prix in September, they will also simply receive fans, the organization says.
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This morning it was announced that the Grand Prix of Russia will take place at the end of September. Alexey Titov, CEO of Sochi F1 promoter Rosgonki, says hard work has been done behind the scenes to make this race possible. “Together with the government of the Russian Federation and the championship management, we have done everything we can to make the Russian Grand Prix take place this year,” he is quoted by Autosport. Russia is even going to receive fans, the boss of the organization says. “This will be an incredible festival for the widest possible audience. We expect a busy day in the Russian capital.”
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Titov expects about the same number of fans as last year, despite the presence of the corona virus. “The number of visitors remains at a good level year after year and we are confident that this year’s difficulties will not be a particular obstacle for motorsport fans,” he says. “We are carefully preparing to receive spectators safely and look forward to seeing everyone in the Olympic Park.”
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