Formula One: Positive for Gasly still negative for Hamilton
3 Feb, 2021 08:34 PM
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Hawkes Bay Today
Don Kennedy on Formula One
With the first test session just six weeks away, drivers are preparing in different ways for the start of the new season.
In the case of Alpha Tauri driver Pierre Gasly, his pre-season training in Dubai has proved a negative, because upon returning home to France he has tested positive for Covid-19, the sixth F1 driver to do so.
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That is nearly a third of the drivers on the grid and is a worrying situation.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, instead of the Australian GP in Melbourne being the season opener in March, it will now be the third to last event in a scheduled 23-race season, and take place on November 21.
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