Gerard Saillant, the president of the FIA’s medical commission, is confident that any outbreak of coronavirus in the paddock at a Formula 1 race could be managed without the need to cancel any races. The Australian Grand Prix was postponed on the eve of the event back in March following some mechanics from the McLaren F1 Team testing positive for COVID-19, and subsequently the opening ten races of the original schedule have either been cancelled, postponed or delayed. Should someone within the paddock test positive for the virus in the upcoming events, whether it is a marshal, driver or anyone else, Saillant believes it can be handled differently now to how it was in Australia, and he...
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