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the Mexican Sergio Pérez, de Red Bull, And Spanish Carlos Sainz, de Ferrari, They said on Friday that they had accepted the offer Bahrain per be vaccinated against COVID-19, Becoming lyou first Formula drivers to confirm that they have done so.
Bahrain hosts three days of preseason testing and the inaugural race on March 28 i has offered doses of Pfizer’s BioNTech vaccine to all teams and staff of the F1.
The teams have left the decision as a personal matter for employees, although the F1 he has said he does not want to skip the ranks in front of the most vulnerable people.
Pérez, Who competed for Racing Point (Now Aston Martin) last season, he was the first F1 driver to contract the virus and missed two races in Silverstone last season.
“They offered it to us, I made the decision to accept it“, He said Pérez to journalists. “For me, in Mexico I don’t know when I will be able to get it“.
Sainz has passed from McLaren a Ferrari, Most of the team in Bahrain has also accepted the offer since Italy is lagging behind in vaccination.
The Spanish driver noted that he had done the same: “It seemed like a great opportunity to me and I am obviously grateful to the government of Bahrain to offer it to so many people traveling the world. “
Six of the 20 regular racing drivers tested positive for COVID-19[feminine. Els altres van ser el set vegades campió de món Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc de Ferrari, Pierre Gasly de AlphaTauri i Passeig de llança de Aston Martin.
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