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- Idea ‘has not been well received’ by officials at Red Bull
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Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s head of driver development, has revealed he suggested the team’s drivers should try to become infected with coronavirus as it is the “ideal time”, with the season on hold.
The F1 season has been decimated by the global pandemic, with the opening six races of the year either cancelled or postponed. As things stand, the first grand prix of a truncated season will be in Canada on 14 June but that will almost certainly change in the coming days.
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