Motorsports
Vettel falls ill with coronavirus, replaced by Hulkenberg for Bahrain GP
Aston Martin F1 Zebastian Vettel, who has tested positive for Covid19, will miss the premiere of this year’s Formula One Championship and will be replaced by the team’s reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg.
After McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and Zebastian Vettel tested positive for the coronavirus on the eve of this year’s Formula 1 race in Shakir, Bahrain.
Unlike the Australian, who has recovered and will play normally for the next three days, Vettel will lose the premiere and his place in the Aston Martin car will be taken by the team’s fairly experienced and fast reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg.
The German had a long tenure with the Silverstone team back when it was called Force India/Racing Point and this will be his fourth appearance in the last two years – and his first with Aston Martin. The “Hulk” had replaced Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll in the two Silverstone games in 2020 due to the illness of the Mexicans at the Nürburgring.
How Vettel got stuck
It cannot be ruled out that the spread of Covid-19 among the drivers was due to their meeting together the night before the Bahraini tests started for their joint photo shoot, which was supposed to send their anti-war message after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
With the Emirate of Bahrain imposing a seven-day quarantine on anyone who tests positive for Covid-19, Vettel has been unable to compete for the next three days – and his participation in next weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix could be at risk. However, there have been exceptions to this rule in the past and if Vettel’s tests are negative from next week he can travel to Jeddah.
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Former Ferrari driver Arturo Merzario has spoken harshly about Charles Leclerc and his role in the Italian team.
The Italian, famous for saving Niki Laudi from a burning car after an accident at the Nürburgring in 1976, said:
“Leclerc got a seat at Ferrari that he didn’t deserve at the time. He’s a very good racer like any other. If you put more than one name in a hat and take one out, they’re all pretty much the same. He’s not special.”
This season the Monegasque edged out seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix to take all seven of Ferrari’s podiums and claim the team’s only pole position. But for Merzario this does not matter:
“There’s no point in boasting about being ahead of a seven-time world champion like Hamilton, because Lewis took his foot off the gas because he felt he wasn’t integrated into the team. Why would he give 110% under those circumstances?”
Merzario concluded his words with an even stronger statement:
“If Enzo Ferrari were alive, he wouldn’t even walk through the doors of Maranello, I’m sure. He wouldn’t even be accepted as a customer.”
Source: Sport UA
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Michael Schumacher took first place in the ranking of the richest drivers in the history of Formula 1
Michael Schumacher. Japanese Grand Prix 2000. First title with Ferrari / Photo: © Clive Mason / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher took first place in the ranking of the richest drivers in the history of Royal Racing, Racing News 365 reports with reference to GQ Sports.
The German pilot’s fortune is estimated at $790 million.
Second on this list is seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton ($304 million). In third place is two-time championship winner Spaniard Fernando Alonso ($264 million).
World champion Kimi Raikkonen (254 million) took fourth place in the ranking, three-time champion Niki Lauda (203 million) was in fifth place.
Source: Sportbox
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Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer and close friend, may be leaving Red Bull.
According to The Race, Aston Martin is interviewing the Italian driver for a senior executive position (possibly CEO or team manager).
Aston Martin has already announced that legendary engineer Adrian Newey will become team leader from 2026. Lambiase, who has a successful history with Newey at Red Bull, can become an important leader alongside him and facilitate the distribution of responsibilities.
If Lambiase leaves Red Bull or changes his role, he could be replaced as Verstappen’s engineer by Simon Rennie, Daniel Ricciardo’s former race engineer who temporarily replaced Lambiase last season.
Source: Sport UA
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