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F1 drivers with positive tests will be replaced.

Teams will have to use their reserve drivers in the case of a regular race driver testing positive, says Chase Carey.

while Formula 1 is taking every precaution possible to ensure the health and safety of everyone in the paddock, there is a possibility that someone at some point may test positive.

It could even be a driver.

However, if it is a driver, F1 chief Carey has made it clear that the show will go on.

“An individual having been found with a positive infection will not lead to a cancellation of a race,” he told F1.com.

“We encourage teams to have procedures in place so if an individual has to be put in quarantine, we have the ability to quarantine them at a hotel and to replace that individual.

“Some things we’d have to talk through and work through.

“The array of ‘what ifs’ are too wide to play out every one of them, but a team not being able to race wouldn’t cancel the race.

“I don’t think I could sit here and lay out the consequences.

“But we will have a procedure in place that finding infection will not lead to a cancellation.

“If a driver has an infection, [teams have] reserve drivers available.

“We wouldn’t be going forward if we were not highly confident we have necessary procedures and expertise and capabilities to provide a safe environment and manage whatever issues arrive.”

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