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How motorsport can help the fight in the world's hour of need

With motorsport activities put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, teams could conceivably make a positive contribution to solving the problem. There are no points to be collected, but the potential outcome could be even more rewarding

The coronavirus crisis is testing modern society severely. On top of the serious impact the effects of COVID-19 can have on individuals, when it comes to treating vast numbers of people it threatens to overwhelm healthcare services.

In the UK last week, prime minister Boris Johnson called for engineering companies to help produce more than 20,000 ventilators - crucial to providing therapeutic relief to people suffering the acute respiratory distress and pneumonic symptoms caused by COVID-19.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.