Silverstone and F1 reach deal to hold British Grand Prix
Formula 1 and Silverstone have reached an agreement to stage back-to-back races at the ✃home of the British Grand Prix.
The British Rac🐲ing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), which owns the Northamptonshire track, and F1 have agreed terms for Silverstone to hold two races on consecutive weekends in July and August.
It is expected the races will be held on July 26 and August 2 and a contract will be signed soon after an initial agreement was reached following negot🥃iation🉐s this week.
Formula 1 and Silverstone have reached an agreement to stage back-to-back races at the home of the British Grand P💧rix.
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), which owns the Northamptonshire track, and F1 have agree🤡d terms for Silverstone to hold two races on consecutive weekends in July and August.
It is expected the races will be held on J🐲uly 26 and August 2 and a contract will be signed soon after an initial agreement was reached following ♒negotiations this week.
Silverstone had already confirmed the British Grand Prix - whic☂h was originally scheduled for July 19 - would be run behind closed doors.
"I am delighted to confirm that Silverstone and Formula 1 have reached a꧟n agreement in principle to host two races behind closed doors this summer,” Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle saidꦍ in a statement.
"However these rac💜es will be subject to government approval, as our priority is the safety of all involved and strict compliance with Covid-19 regul꧋ations.
"I would like to thank all our fans who have been so supportive throughout this and to assure them we are determi🐷ned to do all ⛎we can to help Formula 1 put on a show this summer.”
An F1 spokesperson added: "We are continuing to have conversations with Silverstone and other proꦕmoters 💎regarding a revised 2020 calendar."
F1’s hopes of staging races at Silverstone without fans were168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: handed a boost last week following updated guidanc⭕e from the UK Government, which outlined how it plans to ease its lockdown ෴restrictions and resume professional sport in the country.
F1 is currently in talks with the government in a bid to secure an exemption for its s൲taff from a new quarantine rule which will require international travellers to observe a 14-day self-isolation period so that F1 personnel can travel from the planned season-opener in Austria to Great Britain.
Failure t🧔o reach an agreement would likely scupper plans to hold two races at Silverstone as the F1 paddock would be effectively stuck in A♌ustria.
In other developments, the Belgian government has given Spa-Francorchamps the green light to host a behind closed doors race on its original date of August 30. A deal 𒁏is yet to be agreed with F1 but an offi🐻cial announcement is expected in the coming days.
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