The team said on Thursday Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has yet to test negative for COVID-19 and will compete in Formula 1 racing in Saudi Arabia.
Four-time world champion Vettel missed the season opener in Bahrain last weekend after testing positive for coronavirus, with Nico Hulkenberg replacing him, who was then 17th.
Aston Martin says Hulkenberg will be race-ready in Jeddah.
“Sebastian Vettel has yet to return the negative COVID test required to fly to the Saudi Arabia GP,” the Aston Martin F1 team said on Twitter.
“Nico Hulkenberg will be in Jeddah to represent Seb if necessary. We will delay our final decision until Friday to give Seb every opportunity to race.”
