Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says a total lockdown of the F1 paddock in Melbourne was among the options considered by F1 and organizers to enable the Australian GP to run its course.

After a McLaren team member tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, the Woking-based outfit withdrew from the season-opening event, a decision that set in motion a series meetings that ultimately led to the race’s cancellation.

Red Bull was among those teams willing to race, or at least to run on Friday, as F1 chief Ross Brawn suggested, and then continue the race weekend if no additional team members tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.

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“We were minded to monitor the situation,” Horner explained. “The local health authority was giving the go-ahead for the event, the FIA were giving the go-ahead.

“There was a majority that were in favour of running and doing more screening today [Friday] in the event of any more outbreaks.