Sebastian Vettel will miss the Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, Aston Martin has confirmed.
The German is the second driver to test positive in just six days after McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo, who was absent from the entire pre-season test also in Bahrain last week but has since recovered.
Reserve and development driver Nico Hulkenberg will stand in as his replacement.
UPDATE: Sebastian Vettel has tested positive for COVID-19 and will therefore not be taking part in the 2022 #BahrainGP.
Replacing him in the AMR22 will be Reserve Driver @HulkHulkenberg, who will be in the car from FP1 onwards. #F1 pic.twitter.com/36wnI8LUAC
— Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) March 17, 2022
The mandatory isolation period also raised questions over Vettel’s participation at the Saudi Arabian GP next weekend.
In the meantime, get well soon Seb!