Four-time F1 world champion Vettel tested positive for COVID-19 last week, prompting Aston Martin to announce on Thursday he would be missing the Bahrain race and that Nico Hulkenberg would be standing in.
Vettel was the second F1 driver to test positive in the space of two weeks. McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo was forced to miss the Bahrain pre-season test after contracting COVID-19, but returned for the race weekend.
Speaking after the race in Bahrain, Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack said that while Vettel seemed to be improving, it remained unclear if he would return in time for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend.
“He was participating in the debrief, he was sounding less rough than he was sounding a couple of days ago,” Krack said.
“But we do not know. We will see how he goes for the next days. We hope he will be back soon.”
Krack added that Vettel had to follow both Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 protocols and the internal ones at Aston Martin before he could return.
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