Red Bull official proposes camp for F1 drivers despite virus

An official at Formula One team Red Bull has proposed holding a training camp that would expose drivers to the coronavirus so they could build immunity to the disease while the season is suspended.

The idea by motorsport adviser Helmut Marko was rejected by the team. Marko said it would be good for the team's drivers to be infected now so they could recover in time for scheduled races later in the year.

"We have four Formula One drivers, we have eight or 10 juniors and the idea was to hold a camp where we could bridge this rather dead time mentally and physically," Marko told Austrian public broadcaster ORF on Sunday.

"And then it would be ideal, because these are all young, strong men in really good health, if the infection comes then. Then they would be equipped, if it starts up again, for a really hard world championship."
"If we come to a season with 15 or 18 races, it will be very hard and there won't be a chance to rebuild the conditioning."