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Marko: Others wanted to race but had no engines

Red Bull and AlphaTauri weren't the only teams wanting to race in Melbourne, they were just the only ones who had engines with neither Ferrari nor Mercedes keen to go ahead. Last Thursday Formula 1 debated whether to continue with the Australian GP weekend after a McLaren team member tested positive for the coronavirus. Ferrari was reportedly deadset against it while Mercedes said yes and then no after Toto Wolff spoke with the big bosses over in Germany. Mercedes' decision to switch sides swung the vote and hours later Formula 1 announced that the Australian Grand Prix had been cancelled. Red Bull's Helmut Marko wanted to race. 'We would have been ready to race,' he told Auto Motor und...
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