Components One champions Mercedes reported on Thursday {that a} member of their crew had examined optimistic for COVID-19 however a spokesman stated drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have been clear.
The British-based crew are making ready to race on the Nuerburgring in Germany this weekend. The earlier grand prix two weeks in the past was in Russia.
Six occasions world champion Hamilton leads Bottas within the championship by 44 factors after 10 races.
“We will verify {that a} crew member has examined optimistic,” stated a spokesman.
“This has been dealt with and is being dealt with consistent with FIA protocols, working intently with the FIA,” he added, with out giving additional particulars.
The game is working in rigorously managed bubbles, even inside groups, with entry to the paddock restricted to important employees and staff subjected to common checks.
Components One final week reported 10 optimistic COVID-19 checks over the Russian Grand Prix weekend, essentially the most but however all ancillary personnel, and stated the groups have been unaffected in that batch.
Racing Level’s Mexican Sergio Perez, who missed two races in August, stays the one driver thus far to have examined optimistic for the virus.
The Russian race in Sochi was the primary with a considerable crowd in attendance. Organisers stated 30,000 individuals visited the Olympic Park every day.
A second wave of the novel coronavirus has seen each day instances speed up in each Germany and Britain amongst different European nations.
