The requirement for all visitors to the Formula 1 paddock to be vaccinated against Covid will be dropped for the 2023 season, the FIA has confirmed.
Determined to cobble a season together in 2020 after the pandemic first hit, the sport's bosses came up with some strict guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the virus in the paddock. That year, no outside personnel including media were allowed on site.
That was relaxed for 2021, but mandatory testing remained in force while face coverings were to be worn at all times. This year both of those rules were also removed, but everyone who wanted to enter "high density areas" still had to show prove of vaccination or have a valid medical exemption as to why they had not had the jab.
