{"id":63096,"date":"2021-04-26T00:29:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63096"},"modified":"2021-04-26T01:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:58:31","slug":"ricciardos-revolutionary-australian-gp-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63096","title":{"rendered":"Ricciardo's revolutionary Australian GP call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Ricciardo<\/a> has thrown up the idea of Formula One holding two races in Melbourne this year, in the event the scheduled round in Brazil can't proceed.<\/p>\n

Sao Paulo is on the calendar to host a race on November 7, just a fortnight before the Melbourne event<\/a>, but the COVID-19 situation in Brazil means that is in some doubt.<\/p>\n

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Brazil recorded 71,137 new cases yesterday, and 3,076 deaths.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the pandemic, the country has 14.3 million infections and 390,000 deaths, making it one of the hardest hit countries in the world.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

"I am aware of Brazil currently is not in a good place with COVID," Ricciardo<\/a> said in an interview with Trevor Long from EFTM.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"I think if we were scheduled to go there this weekend, then yeah, I'm pretty convinced it would be up in the air.<\/p>\n

"For now, they're kind of on the hope that by then things settle down but if it's still as it is, then that that race could potentially be in question."<\/p>\n

If Brazil was unable to go ahead, Ricciardo acknowledged that those that run F1 would likely be looking for replacement events.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Austria, England and Bahrain ran races on consecutive weekends, and the Australian said that could be an option again this year.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

"They're obviously keen on 23 [races] this year," he added.<\/p>\n

"A bit like last year, I'm sure there are some circuits, call it, that could fill some gaps if some are lost.<\/p>\n

"So, we'll see, maybe a double-header in Australia!"<\/p>\n

Melbourne missed out on a race in 2020, with the event cancelled just hours before practice was due to begin as the start of the pandemic sent the world into lockdown.<\/p>\n

Given the distance the F1 personnel travel to get to Melbourne, Ricciardo says the opportunity to stay in Australia would likely prove popular.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"If there is any form of quarantine when we get there, to do a double-header would make the time worthwhile," he said.<\/p>\n

"Hopefully we get a bit of time in Oz, as opposed to quarantine (and then) circuit (only)."<\/p>\n

Australian Grand Prix boss Andrew Westacott recently told Wide World of Sports that he's hoping to have a grand prix bubble in place<\/a> when the teams arrive in November, pointing out that it's an arrangement that's worked since F1 resumed last July.<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

But it's also an option that's unlikely to well received by the Australian public, especially if the Brazilian race is able to proceed.<\/p>\n

"They (F1) have a very, very rigorous schedule that won't accommodate separate quarantine periods in every one of the jurisdictions where they race," Westacott said.<\/p>\n

"What we've got to do, in consultation with the health authorities, Formula One, and the government, is an arrangement where they will come into a separated bubble, with no interaction with the general public, to be able to operate between the hotel and the circuit only.<\/p>\n

"This bubble approach needs to have a lot of involvement with the health authorities but they've done it very successfully overseas; they have a zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19."<\/p>\n

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