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Wolff: Great show on Sunday will offset closed race 'weirdness'
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes a great show produced by F1 in Austria will compensate for the "weirdness" of a race held behind closed gates. This weekend, for the first time in its seventy-year history, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Formula 1 will race in front of entirely empty grandstands, with no fans present at the venue. Such will likely be the norm throughout the summer as race promoters and the sport enforce stricy COVID-19 safety measures. "I think we know what to do, I think we know that protecting our staff and everybody who attends is the main priority," said Wolff in an F1 vodcast. "But equally, it’s new ground, we’ve never been in this...
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