F1 Australian Grand Prix stipulates that participating drivers must be fully vaccinated

Source: Sports Weekly

According to a number of British media reports, the Australian Grand Prix officials have informed all F1 drivers that they must complete all vaccinations before entering the country.

Australian Grand Prix CEO Andrew Westcourt said in an interview that all drivers and crews must be fully vaccinated to compete in the Australian Grand Prix. At the same time, he also stressed that the authorities will not provide exemptions for any drivers, and cases like Djokovic's will not appear on F1 drivers.

"The rules for entering this country (Australia) are simple, and the rules of operation for F1 are simple, which is that you have to be fully vaccinated to participate in the event." Westcourt said, "No one gets an exemption from any source, and we have arranged this before the start of this year's Australian Open. ”

However, unlike some players in tennis, basketball and other sports who are opposed to vaccines or refuse to be vaccinated, the attitude of F1 drivers to vaccines is relatively uniform: they all stand on the side of supporting vaccinations, and last year F1 officials also worked with all drivers to shoot videos calling for fans to be vaccinated. In addition, according to F1 data, most of the teams have been fully vaccinated in 2021, and the Daily Mail has also revealed that all drivers have been vaccinated at present.

This season's F1 Australian Grand Prix will take place on 10 April, marking the second time the race has returned to Australia after being cancelled for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. But with the growing number of local daily confirmed cases in Melbourne and the threat from the Olmiquerong variant, the Australian Grand Prix's events are still under pressure. In this regard, Westcourt said that because of the confirmed new crown virus or the close contact of the driver, as well as the staff will be isolated, "we will adopt a zero tolerance policy." Whether you're Hamilton or MotoGP Rossi, if you test positive, you can't race on the weekend. ”