Lance Stroll has shown that he was tested for the coronavirus after being forced to withdraw from the Eifel Grand Prix at Nurburgring.
Stroll felt unwell with “flu-like symptoms” on Saturday morning before final practice and was unable to participate, ceding his seat at Racing Point to last-minute replacement Nico Hulkenberg.
He had not tested positive for regimen coronavirus on the team’s key paddock and body of workers before the end of the race, but he did so when he returned to take the test after returning home.
“Everyone knows I recently tested positive for COVID-19 after the Eifel GP weekend,” Stroll said on social media on Wednesday.
“To what happened, I came to Nurburgring after testing negative for the pre-race general tests,” he continued. “On Saturday morning I began to feel bad and woke up with abdominal pains.
“I followed the FIA protocol and settled remotely in my caravan and did not return to the paddock.
“I had no compatibility to run, so I got home early Sunday morning. As I still felt with little time, I passed a COVID check on Sunday night.
“The next day, the effects were positive again, so I stayed home to isolate myself for the next 10 days. Fortunately, my symptoms were mild. “
Stroll said he had recovered temporarily and in a position to compete at this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix.
“I feel 100%,” he wrote. I tried Monday this week and my effects were negative. I feel wonderful and can’t wait to be back with the team and run in Portugal. “
It’s the moment when Formula One is positive for coronavirus after teammate Sergio Perez was forced not to compete in Silverstone’s double headbutt in August. He was also replaced in a short time through Hulkenberg.
Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer had said in the past that Stroll felt bad at the last Sochi Grand Prix at the end of September, but that all coronavirus tests before the Eifel GP were negative again.
This had led to the question of whether the FIA’s control regime was physically powerful as needed, but Formula One career director Michael Masi told Motorsport. com that he was confident about the protocols put into practice through the governing body.
“We don’t think it’s an escape, ” insisted Masi. ” The condition for Lance, or for any other player in this topic, is that there are other time needs to check before entering the paddock and then tracking checks from that point.
“Based on Tuesday[before the Eifel GP], the next would have taken a position Sunday morning to meet the needs of the FIA COVID protocol.
“To the extent that Lance feels bad, like any other driving force, it depends on the driving force and the competitor – in this case Racing Point – if they feel that their driving force is not up to the task. drive the car.
“It is up to Racing Point as an interested party in this matter and to Lance himself as a player to claim within the parameters of the protocol if they have any of those requirements, and then there is a legal responsibility to report.
“None of this has been reported to the FIA, so there’s nothing else from our point of view right now. “
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