Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has contracted coronavirus and will miss the Sáchira Grand Prix, which is scheduled for next weekend. The Mercedes driver had a positive test for the covid-19 on Monday, the day after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain.
Hamad I Mohammed, Reuters
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According to the championship website, the seven-time champion was placed in isolation in accordance with the protocol and local measures against the spread of the disease. The Mercedes team announced that, except for mild symptoms of the disease, Hamilton was fine and feeling well. It was tested after the coronavirus was confirmed in another person with whom it was in contact.
Hamilton, 35, is the third participant in the World Cup to quarantine for a positive test. Mexican Sergio Pérez and Canadian Lance Stroll from Racing Point had to take a forced break before him in a season marked by a pandemic.
Hamilton won the F1 race in Bahrain in a terrible accident
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Mercedes has not yet announced who will replace Hamilton in the next race, the team’s reserve drivers are Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne and Mexican Esteban Gutiérrez. Hamilton will have to pass a negative test before returning and it is questionable whether he will lose the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on December 13.
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