The man who created Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone, is concerned about the sport’s future.
The ex-F1 boss believes it will be tough to stage races once the coronavirus crisis clears.
Ecclestone says: “Let’s look at a good side and it takes six months to tidy up this pandemic and there is no longer a problem, it is still not easy for Formula One to put on races.
“It’s not like sowing a seed. There are an awful lot of things you have to do.
“You have to get the promoters to take a risk on staging events not knowing if they are going to get the public in or not.
“And people usually plan what they are going to do; they don’t just wake one day and say let’s go to Silverstone or wherever else. “And even if all that is sorted, you then need participants. And the next question is: are they alive and well to perform?
“And that is another thing again. Even a smaller team like Williams, they have staff to pay and bills to pay, and it’s not easy for them if they are not getting their revenue from racing.”