No fans, just cows in campsites ahead of closed Austrian GP

Workers fix a banner on a bridge next to the Formula One race track in Spielberg, Austria July 1, 2020. [REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger]

The signage outside the Red Bull Ring declares ‘Welcome Race Fans’ but none were to be seen on Wednesday as the Austrian circuit prepared for Formula One’s first Grand Prix without spectators.

Cows grazed in a field that normally serves as a crowded campsite near to the circuit, while workers carried out tasks around the track.