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AS F1 REELS, LE MANS COMES UNDER THREAT

LE MANS 24 HOURS

As the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic escalates around the world, the Le Mans 24 Hours organisers have given themselves a D-Day of 15 April as to whether the race can go ahead on its traditional June date. That’s the deadline that race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has given for pushing ahead with the 2019-20 World Endurance Championship season finale or postponing it to later in the year.

The statement from the

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