Formula One is set to host two races behind closed doors at Silverstone this summer after the British government gave assurances that F1's travelling staff would be able to gain exemptions from U.K. quarantine rules.
F1 will need to submit plans of the measures it will take to combat the the spread of coronavirus in order to gain formal approval, but the two races at the Northamptonshire circuit are now scheduled for consecutive weekends over August 2 and August 9. There had been concerns that the U.K.'s 14-day quarantine period for international travellers arriving in the country would make it impossible to host a race at Silverstone, but F1 will be among a number of international sports events permitted to apply for an exemption.