It’s been just over two years since the Coronavirus completely turned the world upside down. As a result, Formula One has been forced to pause the start of the 2020 season, and the series has taken some incredible steps to reduce the risk of drivers and staff catching the virus or spreading it in the host countries. F1 championship. However, COVID is so pervasive that even F1’s best efforts are thwarted many times over. Next Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton, teammate Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, and Pierre Gasly, it looks like McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo is the seventh F1 pilot to sign the deal.
According to McLaren, Ricciardo feels unwell after arriving in Bahrain and has been isolated since Wednesday. He was scheduled to have the vehicle checked on Thursday but felt nauseous, despite a negative COVID test result. On Friday, the team performed a second test, the results returned a positive diagnosis. Obviously this means that the honeybadger was forced out of the test on Friday and will not return to the cockpit as planned on Saturday. McLaren’s Lando Norris will run all six sessions for the team.
Speaking from experience, since I tested positive for COVID in January, it’s quite possible that this virus will last longer than you’d hoped. I was quarantined for ten days, and nine days after the first positive test, I am still testing positive. This is a cause for serious concern in the case of Riccioardo, as the first Grand Prix of the 2022 F1 season kicks off just six days from now. Obviously the F1 circus has better access to doctors and medicine than I do as a normal middle-class car writer, so it’s likely he’ll be recovered in time for racing. but I will also can’t surprise if he doesn’t.
You’d think the guy would be immune to most diseases, considering how often he drinks champagne from a shoe.
