Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

McLaren confident, but cautious, over coronavirus measures

by Phillip Horton
5 years ago
A A
0
McLaren confident, but cautious, over coronavirus measures

Paddock atmosphere - McLaren. Austrian Grand Prix, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Spielberg, Austria.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

McLaren says it has full faith in the plans for this weekend’s Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, nearly four months after a team member tested positive for coronavirus in Australia.

Formula 1’s planned season opener was called off in the wake of McLaren withdrawing from the event when a team member tested positive for the virus, with others isolating as a precaution.

As part of the new protocols each Formula 1 squad will operate separately from their rivals while within teams there will be subgroups.

Attending personnel, who must adhere to social distancing and wear protective equipment where possible, will undergo a coronavirus test every five days.

RelatedPosts

There could be a sequel coming to F1: The Movie

Why Lewis Hamilton has cautioned against rushing F1 movie sequel

4 hours ago
Williams has acknowledged a deep-rooted floor with the team's 2025 car

The deep-rooted 2025 F1 car flaw that Williams is ‘behind the curve’ on rectifying

5 hours ago

In addition there will be no spectators, no guests while only a limited number of broadcast and written media will be present, the latter confined solely to the media centre.

“I have to say I’m very happy with the plan that has been developed under the leadership of the FIA, gives us a clear regulation, clear procedure, of how we execute the weekend,” said McLaren boss Andreas Seidl.

“I think what is different now to Australia that we have clear concept of isolation, of the teams, between each other.

“We [will] show up in Austria in these different groups and then separate groups within the team, so the policy is clear.

“If you develop symptoms we will immediately test a team member in the paddock plus for the close contacts as well, the members of this group, we should get the test result within a couple of hours on-site which then allows us to simply make a quick decision for what the next steps are.

“The approach is clear, if someone is positive, they need to be isolated from the team and can’t continue, but for everyone else who is negative we can simply keep going.

“We have back up personnel ready here in the UK fully tested as well, simply to be able to cope with different scenarios that could arise.”

Seidl accepted “the risk is there” of a race driver potentially missing a session, or even a race, but reckons the extensive measures will substantially reduce the risk.

“It’s a virus and as we have seen it can spread quite quickly,” he said.

“But at the same time with all the measures we have in place, all the testing we have before arriving at the circuit, we arrive in Austria well prepared, having done what was reasonable to do in order to protect the team from having anyone in the team with the virus.

“We see also in different companies or countries you quickly develop hotspots of the virus, then 10, 20 or more people have the virus in a short period of time.

“There’s no 100 per cent safety or guarantee but at the same time as I said before with everything in place, together with FIA, and other teams, I’m very optimistic that we will have great weekends ahead of us.”

Tags: AustrianGPCoronavirusF1McLaren
Share206Tweet124Share

Related Posts

Oliver Rowland of Great Britain driving the (23) Nissan Formula E Team Nissan e-4ORCE 05 on track during qualifying, ahead of the Berlin E-Prix, Round 13 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Tempelhof Airport Circuit on July 12, 2025 in Berlin, Germany
Formula E

Berlin E-Prix: Oliver Rowland crowned Formula E World Champion as Nick Cassidy takes race win

4 hours ago
There could be a sequel coming to F1: The Movie
Formula 1

Why Lewis Hamilton has cautioned against rushing F1 movie sequel

4 hours ago
Williams has acknowledged a deep-rooted floor with the team's 2025 car
Formula 1

The deep-rooted 2025 F1 car flaw that Williams is ‘behind the curve’ on rectifying

5 hours ago
Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
13Belgian GP25-27 July
14Hungarian GP01-03 August
15Dutch GP29-31 August
16Italian GP05-07 September
17Azerbaijan GP19-21 September

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri234
Lando Norris226
Max Verstappen165
George Russell147
Charles Leclerc120
Lewis Hamilton103
Andrea Kimi Antonelli63
Alexander Albon44
Nico Hulkenberg37
Isack Hadjar28

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

There could be a sequel coming to F1: The Movie
Formula 1

Why Lewis Hamilton has cautioned against rushing F1 movie sequel

July 13, 2025
Williams has acknowledged a deep-rooted floor with the team's 2025 car
Formula 1

The deep-rooted 2025 F1 car flaw that Williams is ‘behind the curve’ on rectifying

July 13, 2025
Carlos Sainz lost his Ferrari seat to Lewis Hamilton
Formula 1

Carlos Sainz battled ‘demons’ to avoid acrimonious Ferrari exit

July 13, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd