Lewis Hamilton To Miss First Race Of F1 Career After Testing Positive For Covid-19

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Hamilton’s Mercedes team said the 35-year-old woke up on Monday with mild symptoms.

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is the latest sports star to test positive for coronavirus and is currently self-isolating after experiencing mild symptoms, his Mercedes team announced on Tuesday, meaning he will sit out this Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain—the first absence of his F1 career.... [+]Hamilton’s diagnosis comes days after he won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.that the sports star was tested three times last week, each time testing negative, including on Sunday.

“However he woke up on Monday morning with mild symptoms and was informed at the same time that a contact prior to arrival in Bahrain had tested positive,” the statement read. A test and subsequent retest revealed the positive result, with Hamilton, 35, self-isolating with mild symptoms and being “otherwise fit and well.”in March, although experienced no symptoms, following an event he attended after which two people tested positive.Mercedes is set to announce a replacement driver for Sunday’s race in due course. With the season's final race in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 13, it remains to be seen whether Hamilton will test negative in time to take part..

 

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