Mercedes’ Valterri Bottas pipped his stand-in teammate George Russel to pole by 20 milliseconds ahead of the Sakhir Grand Prix with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third. Russell, sitting in for Covid positive Lewis Hamilton has impressed many with his qualifying performance.
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Haas have announced that Mick Schumacher, son of the racing legend Michael, will race for the team in 2021 after the 21 year old German signed a multi-year deal with the US team. He will partner Nikita Mazepin in a rare all rookie lineup next season.
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George Russell will temporarily join Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton who has contracted the coronavirus. Russell’s seat at Williams will be filled by their reserver driver Jack Aitken who has been competing in Formula 2 this season.
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Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. The seven-time Formula One world champion is in isolation after his positive result was announced on Tuesday morning.
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Brazilian driver Pietro Fittipaldi will race in place of Romain Grosjean for Haas in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix following the Frenchman’s fiery accident in yesterday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean is being treated for burns to his hands in hospital but has avoided serious injury.
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