Positive for Covid, Frédéric Vasseur will not be in Bahrain

He will watch the tests from France. Frédéric Vasseur, the team principal of the team Alfa Romeo, tested positive for Covid-19 during the battery of PCR tests he had to undergo before traveling to Bahrain to attend the pre-season tests of F1 this week-end.

According to the protocols established by the French authorities, he immediately isolated himself at home. A second PCR test, carried out two days later, returned a negative result. Frédéric Vasseur has no symptoms and is in very good health.

However, “in the interest of the safety of Mr. Vasseur himself, the team, all other competitors and the entire community and in compliance with French regulations, Mr. Vasseur will not travel to Bahrain and will continue to operate from home for the next seven days as required. by local authorities, his team said. Mr. Vasseur will be fully operational and connected to the garage for the duration of the test, and no deputy team leader will be appointed, with no further impact expected on our operations this week.

Driving will start this Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 13 p.m. to 17 p.m.