Formula 1: The seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton says it’s his ‘personal choice’ to still continue wearing a mask in the paddock, having twice been Covid-19 positive. Hamilton even missed the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix where George Russell stepped in for the Brit driver. Follow Formula 1 and French GP LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after a positive test for Covid-19 pic.twitter.com/c0XCfyDmWZ
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He recognized others might feel distinctive towards wearing a mask. However, he made sense of why he has taken his own stance and said, “No, this is a personal choice. I just noticed a lot of people around me are getting sick and I definitely don’t want to get sick again. I’ve already experienced it twice.”
“Many of my friends have messaged me that they have Covid and some are much worse than others. Nobody’s wearing a mask so I’m definitely wearing mine. I urge people to do what they want to do – it’s your health at the end of the day but I want to go home healthy. I want to be able to get up and train and do the things I love doing and I try, if I can, to keep the people I love around me safe when I can when I’m around them,” Hamilton added.
It was mandatory to wear a mask in the paddock during the pandemic, yet those rules have since been relaxed because of the lower pervasiveness of Covid cases in 2022. But, Hamilton is still donning a mask in the public.
Meanwhile, he does this because he would instead not get the infection for a third time, while likewise needing to safeguard people around him. The seven-time F1 World Champion uncovered he lost a stone in weight towards the finish of 2020, to a great extent because of the impacts of contracting Covid.
While being on track, Mercedes are beginning to close the gap to Ferrari and Red Bull, with their technical director Mike Elliott accepting the hole among Hamilton and the Ferrari duo is currently simply a few tenths for every lap in race trim. Meanwhile, Toto Wolff thinks Mercedes have figured out how to split the hole to the front throughout the season up to this point.
Halfway point of the season (11/22 races) 👀#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/S6rPxRScO0
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Moreover, George Russell is fifth overall in the drivers’ standings with 128 points. He is trailed by his teammate Hamilton, who is currently sixth overall and 19 points shy of Russell with 109 points to his name.
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