The British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), already proclaimed world champion mathematically for two races, tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss the Shakir Formula One Grand Prix, penultimate test of Formula One World that this coming weekend will be held at the Barhein international circuit, as announced on Tuesday by his team, the Mercedes AMG Petronas-F1, and the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
“He woke up on Monday morning with mild symptoms and was informed at the same time that one of his contacts before his arrival in Bahrain had tested positive, Mercedes specifies in a statement. Lewis has also did a test that came back positive. And the positive was confirmed by another test, “says the statement.
According to his team, Lewis Hamilton had passed three negative tests in the past week, the last one on the same Sunday afternoon in the GP of Bahrain held in the same circuit in which the GP de Shakir the next weekend, and where he achieved victory.
According to the Bahrain health protocols, Hamilton is isolated. “Other than mild symptoms, he is otherwise fit and well, and the entire team sends their best wishes for a speedy recovery,” the team statement said.
According Mercedes, the name of his alternate will be released “in due course”.
The team has two reserve drivers: the Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne and the mexican Esteban Gutierrez.
Vandoorne, who drove in Formula One in 2017 and 2018 with McLaren, currently competes with Mercedes in the Formula E preseason tests in Valencia and was expected even before the positive test of Hamilton to join the team in Bahrain when the test is over, a team spokesman said.
Hamilton clinched his seventh world title, a record he shares with the German Michael sSchumacher, with his victory in the Turkish GP last November 15 and Mercedes did the same with the builders.
Lewis Hamilton is the third F1 driver to test positive for Covid-19 this season after Sergio Perez at Silverstone and Lance Stroll in Germany. Under the regulations, the Brit needs a negative test before he is allowed to return to the F1 paddock and therefore remains in doubt for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
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