FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2020 Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko speaks to the media REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull's motorsport head Helmut Marko suggested his Formula One and junior drivers should catch the coronavirus while racing is on hold so they would be protected from sickness later in the year.
The 76-year-old Austrian, a former grand prix racer who is now the energy drink company's head of driver development, made the startling revelation in an interview on Sunday with broadcaster ORF.
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