The Austrian government says it isn’t against the Red Bull Ring hosting its Formula 1 race in July, as long as the sport can operate within existing coronavirꦏus measures.

With the opening nine F1 races already cancelled or postponed amid the COVID-19 crisis, while the French Grand♈ Prix is under growing pressure after French President Emmanuel Macron said public events would be banned until mid-July, the Austrian round remains provisionally in place to host F1 on July 3-5.

Austrian government officials remain hopeful the race can take place as planne꧑d but accepts it must ⛎be within “existing restrictions” on health measures covering social distancing and travel bans.

“We don’t want to get in the way,” . “This must then be considered within the fr🔯amework of the existing restrictions on entry and exit [into the country]. I🐎 don’t want to anticipate if an exemption will be needed here or there.”

F1’s biggest hurdles to holding any race remains bans on public events, social distancing enforcement and eme💧rgency medical support available.

F1 organisers are weighing up the idea of running races wit𒅌hout spectators using a minimal number of team personnel and circu🌃it staff but with current lockdowns and travel bans in place across large parts of the world no races can realistically take place until restrictions are lifted.

F♈1 is aiming to start its 2020 season in July with the prospect up 18 or 19 races run over th♊e remainder of the year and potentially into January 2021.