Sebastian Vettel will miss the Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, with Nico Hulkenberg replacing him at Aston Martin.The positive test is the second among the current grid so far this season before the first race has even begun, with Daniel Ricciardo testing positive last week. While Ricciardo...

Daniel Ricciardo has been cleared to race in this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix having recovered from COVID-19.The Australian driver tested positive last week after feeling unwell, and was forced to miss the entire pre-season test as a result. McLaren had multiple options should he be unfit to race in the...

Daniel Ricciardo has returned a positive COVID-19 test after feeling unwell in Bahrain.The McLaren driver started feeling unwell earlier this week and missed the opening two days of testing while recovering. He returned a number of negative tests in that time, and had been improving on Friday but Ricciardo has...

Nikita Mazepin will miss the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after returning a positive COVID-19 test result.The Haas driver had qualified 20th on the grid on Saturday but as part of Formula 1’s regular testing program his latest PCR result was positive, forcing him to self-isolate for at least five...

Formula 1 has released a video featuring the majority of the grid, supporting a campaign that encourages people to get vaccinated and receive boosters to help ease the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbL0vdUnzMA number of countries around the world are still trying to increase vaccine take-up in order to tackle the virus, with...

Williams team principal Jost Capito will miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as a result of testing positive for COVID-19.Capito returned a positive result during his pre-travel testing, meaning he had not yet left the United Kingdom to head to Jeddah when he was forced to self-isolate. Williams insists the...

With no mandates for its competitors to be vaccinated in the fight against COVID-19, it came as no surprise Friday afternoon when NASCAR president Steve Phelps acknowledged the sport’s vaccination rate is “not high enough.”NASCAR initially required media members to show proof of vaccination to have infield access when restrictions...

The FIA will have a new Medical Car team at the Turkish Grand Prix after both of its regular members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the event.Alan van der Merwe and Dr. Ian Roberts are the usual medical car team, with van der Merwe as the driver, that helps...

NASCAR championship contender Kurt Busch will not have his regular pit crew Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.The team confirmed that four of the five over the wall pit crew members on Busch’s No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing team are sidelined due to COVID-19 contact tracing protocols. It only affects those...

Kimi Raikkonen will miss the Dutch Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, with Robert Kubica replacing him at Alfa Romeo.The Finn -- who announced he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season earlier this week -- returned a positive test result on Saturday morning having...