Formula 1’s top executive, Chase Carey, addressed currency analysts on an earnings conference call on Wednesday.
Races at the Vietnam and Bahrain Grands Prix will go ahead as planned despite ongoing coronavirus considerations, according to Formula 1.
Chief Chase Carey said “all systems are working” for the race in Hanoi.
“The Vietnam Grand Prix will take place on April 5 in Hanoi. And to get ahead of problems, we plan to continue the race,” Carey said.
Vietnam GP boss Le Ngoc Chi says the country is “ready” for its inaugural race.
“We look forward to welcoming the world to Hanoi very soon,” Chi said.
His remarks come a day after the badminton Olympic qualification tournament that was due to be held in Vietnam from March 24 to 29, a week before the Grand Prix, postponed until June due to “strict physical restrictions in place in Vietnam. “
And the decision was made despite Vietnam’s health ministry saying on Tuesday that another 16 people infected with the coronavirus in the country had recovered, with no new cases recorded for about two weeks.
On Feb. 13, a commune of 10,000 people 30 miles from Hanoi was quarantined for 20 days due to concerns about the virus.
Carey added that the Bahrain Grand Prix, scheduled as the second race of the season on March 22, would be held a week after the first race in Australia.
“We’re heading to Melbourne, Bahrain and Hanoi,” Carey said.
The Chinese Grand Prix, which was due to be the fourth race on April 17, has already been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said teams were facing “a bit of a moving target” when it came to the logistics of the first three races of the season due to the evolving situation with the disease known as Covid-19.
On Tuesday, Bahrain cancelled all flights from Dubai to the United Arab Emirates for 48 hours after finding other people infected with Covid-19 who had re-entered the country from Iran to the United Arab Emirates.
And several other countries are imposing restrictions on travelers from certain hot spots.
Horner told Sky Sports: “Can you go back to Bahrain Dubai?Probably not right now. We have engineers from Honda. Can you go back to Japan?Would they be allowed to enter Australia even at this time?”
Ferrari has taken steps in collaboration with the Italian local government to limit the spread of the virus, following a series of cases in the northern Italian states of Lombardy and Veneto.
Ferrari’s museums in Maranello and Modena have been closed and entry to the factory has been limited to other people who have visited the inflamed areas.
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