Racing Point team members who came into contact with Sergio Perez have returned negative COVID test results ahead of the British Grand Prix as team principal Otmar Szafnauer defended his driver. Perez briefly returned to Mexico between the Hungarian Grand Prix and this weekend’s race at Silverstone, which is the first of three rounds on consecutive weekends. He became the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and will miss the race as a result, and Szafnauer says the track and trace protocol saw those closest to Perez isolating despite returning negative test results. “Two members of staff who travel with Checo, his PA and physio, they both tested negative...
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