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British driver Lewis Hamilton tested positive for covid-19 and will miss the Sakhir Grand Prix, the second consecutive race in Bahrain scheduled for next weekend.
“The Mercedes-AMG Petronas team regrets announcing that Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for covid-19 and will not be eligible for the Sakhir Grand Prix this weekend,” says the team, which is also the 2020 constructors’ champion. in a statement released this morning.
“Lewis has been tested three times in the past week and each time has had negative tests, the last one was Sunday afternoon, at the Bahrain International Circuit, as part of the standard test program for the weekend race”, Mercedes also pointed out. .
The seven-time world champion, who won the first race in Bahrainn, is “isolated according to covid-19 protocols and public health guidelines,” the team says, noting that Hamilton, despite “mild symptoms”, is “fine.”
Hamilton’s replacement in the sixteenth race of the season, scheduled for December 4-6, has yet to be confirmed. Reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne is a possibility, but so is George Russell, who races for Williams.
It is the first race Hamilton has lost since his 2007 debut in Australia.
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