China has government support and wants to use Formula 1 for a ‘return to normalcy’ after coronavirus

Having determined that the quarantine requirement for travelers be suspended from January 8, A.J China He wants to show the world that the country has indeed returned to normal after another strong wave of coronavirus COVID-19. And local authorities want to use a file Formula 1 As a pioneer to restore the country’s international acceptance.

In early December, F1 confirmed the cancellation of the Chinese race due to anti-Covid restrictions, which at the time held five days in an isolation center and a further three days at home for those who fell ill. Then the class understood that it could not require the teams to travel to the Asian country, because all employees would be at risk of being detained in case of possible contamination.

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With the change in health rules, China intends to keep the F1 stage on the original date, on April 16th. According to the Dutch site RacingNews365.comThe Chinese Grand Prix promoter, Juss Events, has already received the go-ahead from the government to negotiate with it Formula One group At a meeting held on Wednesday (4).

According to the publication, the meeting was chaired by the Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Chen Jining, which plans to use F1 to show the world a return to normal sports life. The event will also help bring back international admissions to the country, as countries such as the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, among other Europeans, have once again demanded negative tests for covid-19 for passengers arriving from China — a decision, by the way, which has angered the government so much that a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Mao Ning threatened to reciprocate.

In terms of the stage’s return to the 2023 calendar, government support is a strong point and one that will be hard to contest, mainly because the original Chinese Grand Prix date is still open. However, the Covid issue is one of the factors that matter to Formula 1. Due to the increase in the incidence of the disease on Chinese soil, the class fears that employees will have to quarantine when they return to Europe after the event.

There is also another issue that quarantine puts at risk: Shanghai circuit needs to undergo a full examination of FIA (FIA) to ensure that the track conforms to the first class certification required by the entity. With the lock, verification was not possible. a RacingNews365.com As you know the extension of the contract from China with F1 is contingent on a race being held this year.

China first appeared on the Formula 1 calendar in 2004. Since then, there have been 16 consecutive races through to 2019, and the last time this category was held in Shanghai. in this occasion , Lewis Hamilton He took over the 1-2 of Mercedes with Valtteri BottasWith Sebastian Vettel – Then in Ferrari – completing the podium.

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