OFFICIAL: Silverstone can't organize a race with an audience in 2020
- GPblog.com
The British Grand Prix of 2020 will officially be held without an audience. The organization has informed the fans that this year it will be impossible to organize a race with an audience.
Now that several races have been postponed and even cancelled, it is looking forward to the Grands Prix of Austria and England. Austria would have already tested staff on the coronavirus, but also the organization of Silverstone has indicated several times that it would like to organize a Grand Prix.
A race at Silverstone
However, Silverstone will not admit fans in 2020, according to a message from the organisation. According to Andrew Benson of the BBC, the organization has sent an email to the ticket owners stating that it will not be able to organize a Grand Prix this year where fans can attend.
It seems to be a logical consequence of the situation created by the coronavirus, but a postponement of the Grand Prix will not happen for the time being. So there is still a possibility that in 2020 we will see a race at the iconic Silverstone circuit, but the question is when and especially when it will be announced?
Silverstone writes to British Grand Prix ticket holders to say it is "unable to stage this year’s British Grand Prix in front of the fans at Silverstone". Announcement inevitable - it's been known for a while first races at start of new truncated season would be closed events
— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) April 27, 2020
British Grand Prix remains ON at the moment but it will definitely be behind closed doors IF it can go ahead. Letter to the fans went out this morning... @SilverstoneUK @bbcf1 pic.twitter.com/34dx4RKXK0
— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) April 27, 2020