Lewis Hamilton has examined constructive for coronavirus and won’t participate in Sakhir Grand Prix.© AFP
World champion Lewis Hamilton has examined constructive for coronavirus and can miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, Formulation One’s governing physique FIA introduced Tuesday. “In accordance with COVID-19 protocols and public well being authority pointers in Bahrain he (Hamilton) is now isolating,” mentioned an FIA assertion. “The procedures set out by the FIA and Formulation 1 will guarantee no wider affect on this weekend’s occasion.” Hamilton who on Sunday gained the Bahrain Grand Prix, the primary of back-to-back races within the Gulf state, has already secured a record-equalling seventh world championship this season.
“He awakened on Monday morning with gentle signs and was knowledgeable on the similar time {that a} contact previous to arrival in Bahrain had subsequently examined constructive,” an announcement from Hamilton’s Mercedes workforce mentioned.
“Lewis subsequently took an additional take a look at and returned a constructive end result. This has since been confirmed by a retest.
“Lewis is now isolating in accordance with COVID-19 protocols and public well being authority pointers in Bahrain.
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“Other than gentle signs, he’s in any other case match and properly, and all the workforce sends him its highest needs for a swift restoration.”
The workforce added that Hamilton had been examined 3 times final week and returned a damaging end result every time as a part of the game’s strict anti-virus protocols, the final of which was on Sunday afternoon on the Bahrain circuit.
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