As Formula One waited for news on seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton’s recovery from COVID-19, Daniel Ricciardo on Wednesday revealed his own scare earlier in the year.
Mercedes driver Hamilton remains in isolation in Bahrain, uncertain for Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo had what his Renault F1 team called an ‘inconclusive’ COVID-19 test result earlier this year.Credit:Getty
George Russell was listed for the champions in a Thursday news conference schedule, after impressing as a stand-in last weekend in Bahrain, but Mercedes said they could leave a decision open until Saturday.
Reviewing the pandemic-hit season in a video conference with reporters from Yas Marina, Renault’s Ricciardo was asked what had been the weirdest or craziest thing to happen to him.
