Formula 1 2020: McLaren CEO Zak Brown says teams monitoring coronavirus situation prior to Vietnam's debut race
FirstpostVietnam declared a public health emergency over the epidemic on 1 February and banned all flights to and from China, where more than 1,300 people have died from the virus. Woking: Formula One teams are keeping a close eye on the health situation in Vietnam after the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic, McLaren boss Zak Brown said on Thursday. “We would never do anything that puts our people at risk and I don’t believe Formula One would.” Two local officials told Reuters on Thursday that Vietnam had quarantined a community of 10,000 people near Hanoi for 20 days because of fears the virus could spread there. If Vietnam is also called off, the sport faces a big hole between race two in Bahrain on 22 March and the Dutch Grand Prix on 3 May.