10. Drama down under as coronavirus strikes It had been a standard build-up to the start of the 2020 season with car launches followed by testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya going on as normal. However at the same time there were troubling reports of a contagious new respiratory disease circulating in China. At first it all seemed very far away, but by the time the teams arrived in Melbourne in mid-March for the Australian Grand Prix it had struck much closer to home - a huge outbreak in Italy almost prevented key team members from Ferrari and AlphaTauri from travelling. Even so, Formula 1 was determined that the season would start as planned. And then came news that 14 McLaren...
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