Several Formula 1 drivers have been in favor of allowing drivers who are positive for covid-19, but who are in good health, to participate in the Grand Prix, this Friday coinciding with the first day of the first round of the season, in Bahrain.
“It could be left to the driver's appreciation,” Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Finnish Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) said at a press conference.
Australian Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), who was positive last week, proposed creating a “fitness test” to assess the running ability of the affected riders.
Bottas added, however, that it could only be done on the condition that “there is no risk of spreading the virus.”
For Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr (Ferrari), F1 is “one of the few sports” that would allow to do so. Sainz Jr and Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) believe it would be possible for riders to “isolate” themselves from their equipment and leave only “with their helmets” to reach the garage.
“We got to a point where we can't stop our lives. We have to find the balance,” Stroll asked.
Frenchman Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), does not “want the championship to be decided by an uncontested race”.
Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), reigning champion, Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), British Lando Norris (McLaren), Chinese Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) and German Mick Schumacher (Haas) were against suppressing one of the results obtained during the season in order not to harm drivers forced not to participate by covid-19
On the contrary, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) estimates that “it is better not to take risks for the time being” while the virus is “still around us”. “It's about our image as a sport,” he explained. “It's better to continue wearing the mask,” he said.
The strict sanitary rules of the last two seasons in the paddocks have been significantly relaxed in 2022. With exceptions, sanitary bubbles are no longer in force, PCR tests are optional (but generally maintained by teams) and the use of masks is limited to indoor use. Only vaccination is compulsory.
Despite this, since last week in Bahrain, two drivers have tested positive: after Ricciardo, absent from pre-season training, German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) will not be able to compete this weekend, and he has been replaced by compatriot Niko Hülkenberg.
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