F1 teams concerned about Brexit crisis

F1 teams are worried about the Brexit crisis in Britain.

In 2016 the British people voted to leave the European Union; now the situation is in crisis with prime minister Theresa May's exit deal and party leadership uncertain.

If there is no deal in place by March 29 next year, Britain will leave the EU amid uncertainty about the future.

Most F1 teams are based in England including top teams Mercedes and Red Bull.

When asked about the Brexit crisis, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said: "We are monitoring it very closely because we have a large operation in the UK.

"We have EU citizens working for us, we are importing lots of goods from the EU and we have taken steps to make sure they are not stuck on the border. Overall, not a very pleasant development," he added.

The French works team Renault is also based in England, leaving boss Cyril Abiteboul concerned "in particular about the movement of goods and people".

"We've developed very quickly in recent years and it's been done in particular thanks to the possibilities offered by the UK, bringing in youngsters, people coming out from school, and we don't want that to change," he said.

"That would be dramatic for Formula 1, but I have full trust in the authorities of Great Britain to understand this is not in their interest to lose what is one of the pillars of British industry."

Christian Horner, boss of the Milton Keynes based Red Bull team, said he is positive a good solution will be found in the end.
 

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