The Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix will be held without an audience

Despite the fact that the Barcelona Circuit had put 15,000 tickets on sale, the race will finally be held behind closed doors. This has been decided by the health authorities of Catalonia, an autonomous community that is currently under regional confinement. Thus, the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, which will take place on May 7, 8 and 9, will be without public. “The Formula 1 Aramco Spanish Grand Prix 2021 will be held on May 7, 8 and 9 without the public, within the framework of public health measures to contain the pandemic caused by COVID-19 “, begins by saying the statement that the Circuit of Barcelona has issued in this regard.” The PROCICAT has communicated to the Circuit de Barcelona- Catalonia that the celebration of the Grand Prize cannot be carried out under the conditions provided in the public access protocol, since the current Resolution on public health measures to contain the epidemic outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , the SLT / 971/2021, of April 8, is valid until April 26 ”, the note continues. The uncertainty, the difficulties for mobility and, especially, the state of the hospitals, have motivated the decision to that the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix be on the doorstep . “In these conditions, it cannot be determined with total certainty whether on May 7, 8 and 9 the epidemiological and healthcare situation will allow progress in making more flexible measures, which also restrict mobility at the regional level and, therefore, would make The displacement of fans from outside the Vallès Oriental region is unfeasible.In addition, as reported by the Interior and Health Departments of the Government of the Generalitat, neither the epidemiological situation nor, especially, the situation in hospitals allow us to foresee, at this time, a review of the current measures or a relevant liberalization of the same, taking into account the proximity of the dates of celebration of the Grand Prize. Faced with this situation, the Circuit management has proceeded to inform Formula One Management Limited that the Formula 1 Aramco Grand Prix of Spain 2021 must be held without an audience “, you can read in the note.” The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will hold the reimbursement to all those fans who have tickets to the Aramco Grand Prix of Spain 2021 and the proportional compensation to the Circuit Subscribers ”, the statement ends. For the second consecutive year, the Spanish Grand Prix will be held without an audience. Formula 1 fans will be left with the desire to see Carlos Sainz aboard a Ferrari and the fight between him and Fernando Alonso, who has returned to the Gran Circo after two years of absence. He refers, the Barcelona circuit has been able to afford for the second consecutive year not to have income from the ticket offices. The one that has not been able to cope with this has been the Canadian Grand Prix, which has fallen off the calendar and will most likely be replaced by the Turkish Grand Prix. Catalonia was left without the preseason For the first time since 2016, the circuit of Barcelona has not hosted the Formula 1 preseason. After the postponement of the Australian Grand Prix, the teams considered it appropriate to make a single trip to Bahrain, taking advantage of the fact that the World Cup was going to start there and also do the preseason there.In this way they saved the costs that would have meant for them to travel before to Spain, a slight economic relief after a season in which the teams have seen their income reduced due to the pandemic.