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Marko coronavirus plan just 'a throwaway comment' - Horner

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says that Helmut Marko's controversial idea of inoculating Red Bull's drivers with COVID-19 to make them later immune was never tabled as a "serious suggestion". Marko raised a few eyebrows during an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF when he said that he had thought about setting up a "coronavirus camp" for Red Bull's drivers where they would be deliberately infected with the virus in a bid to make them immune for when the season gets underway later this summer. Speaking to BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson, Horner confirmed that the absurd idea had not been well received by Red Bull while also downplaying the seriousness of...
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