MANAMA —Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was devastated after testing positive for COVID-19 and being ruled out of Sunday’s penultimate race of the season in Bahrain.
It will be the first time the 35-year-old Mercedes driver has missed a race in an F1 career that started with McLaren in 2007.
The sport’s most successful driver of all time, with a record 95 wins and 98 pole positions, said on social media that he had tested negative three times in the past week but woke up on Monday with mild symptoms.
The Briton said he then requested another test which came back positive and he immediately started a 10-day self-isolation, ruling out the Sakhir …
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