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Put Driven Racing Oil and Sunoco Race Fuels on your list for the 2020 season ® Anglo American Oil Company +44 (0) 1929 551557 www.aaoil.co.uk CEO’s MESSAGE Hugh Chambers “We need to prioritise the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, members and wider stakeholders” Firstly, I would like to thank our Of course, we could have argued that their own free time, and as such do not motorsport community for its incredible some activities in the broader spectrum place any compromise on the health or response to the challenges we are facing. of motorsport could navigate such a other services. However, these are not From across the country, from our clubs, requirement, but that would simply normal times. Health services around officials and competitors, venues, teams have ignored the much larger agenda the world are at breaking point and we and engineering firms there is a solidarity to protect everyone in society. And our all know that our own NHS is now facing to face the crisis and work together to members. The community that makes the same surge in cases that mean every find solutions. We thank all of the medical motorsport feasible is complex and available resource has to be brought to teams across the UK for working tirelessly diverse, but united in a shared passion. bear. A week later it seems impossible to to keep us safe, and in particular the huge For everyone, the halting of activity, think that motorsport would add to that number from our own community who especially as the season was just burden in any way. are in the front line of this battle. about to take off, is extremely difficult As a result, we have now postponed the to come to terms with even when we These are unprecedented times for see the larger picture. But many in our season until at least 30th June, and that everyone, and as we are all painfully community are themselves vulnerable is in the context of a rapidly evolving aware, the changes we are facing are and may have felt compelled by passion understanding of the scale and impact very considerable. The speed of change and duty to continue even though it may of the virus. It is being suggested that is striking, and it has required all of us to have been unwise to do so. our lives will be changed for many reset our perspectives on a daily basis. weeks if not months, and we need to In any event, a couple of days later and The initial announcement we made plan for that eventuality. the stark picture in other countries, on the 17th of March to suspend UK including our close European Operationally, Motorsport UK reacted motorsport activities seemed to come neighbours, had many people asking quickly, and within two days we had quickly and suddenly. As the government why government had not been more in place the IT systems and working moved into a new phase of the fight restrictive and acted sooner. processes to allow us to vacate against the virus, so the reference Motorsport UK House and set up a points for all sport, and indeed all As well as the risk of transmission in network of home-based offices. We are social activity shifted with immediate social situations, motorsport has the working with the community to provide effect. The insistence that we all avoid potential to be dangerous and incur support and guidance, and planning for unnecessary social contact and travel injuries. 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Financial health: There are some inevitably going to face, from the as our suppliers in facing the 40,000 people working in motorsport environment to changing lifestyles. challenges ahead together, but first in the UK, and predominantly they What form and format should and foremost we need to prioritise are self employed or work for small motorsport develop to appeal to new the health, safety and wellbeing of organisations. And that is over audiences and to retain our valued our employees, members and wider and above our 15,000 officials and members? That may all seem a long stakeholders marshals. The suspension of all way away, but Motorsport UK will be 2. Helping the vulnerable: The motorsport has an immediate and working to resolve the answers to motorsport community is detrimental effect on these people, these questions extraordinary in both inventiveness and it is great that government has In the meantime, innovations and and collaborative support. 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