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CHINA SEEKS NEW DATE

01 The Chinese Grand Prix may have to become a two-day event – or not happen at all this year – owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. As this edition of GP Racing went to press, Chinese promoter Juss Events was working with Formula 1 to find an alternative slot in the calendar after the race – scheduled for 19 April – was postponed. Questions remain regarding the new Vietnam Grand Prix, due to take place on 5 April, owing to global fears about the spread of the disease.

While not necessarily fatal unless patients have underlying health problems which render them vulnerable, COVID-19 has a 14-day incubation period before symptoms manifest. That means travellers – particularly international ones – play an unintentionally active role in spreading it. Cases were first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December. According to the Johns Hopkins University in the USA, which is maintaining a live timeline of cases worldwide, over 75,000 cases have