AlphaTauri principal Franz Tost says the situation in Italy is 'scary' with the country currently on total lockdown. There have been over 30,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Italy, while the number of people who have died from it is approaching 3000. The country has been brought to a total standstill, and Tost described how difficult it was to get staff back to the country from Australia where the first race of 2020 had been scheduled to go ahead. 'That was problematic and presented us with some obstacles,' he told Speedweek. 'In Italy almost all flights to Bologna were cancelled, so we no longer came directly to Bologna. The majority of the team flew from Melbourne via Dubai to...
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