Mazepin to overlook F1 finale after constructive Covid-19 check
Nikita Mazepin will miss the season-ending Formula One race after testing constructive for COVID-19.
Haas will run only one automobile Sunday within the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Mick Schumacher. Reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi was not eligible to switch Mazepin as a result of Fittipaldi didn’t drive in not less than one session this weekend.
Mazepin examined constructive on-site at Yas Marina Circuit. A second check for the Russian additionally returned constructive.
The Haas staff stated Mazepin is asymptomatic however will self-isolate and observe “relevant public health authorities.”
BREAKING: Nikita Mazepin is not going to race within the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a constructive check for Covid-19
Mazepin is experiencing solely delicate signs, and is now isolating in accordance with Covid-19 protocols
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“Nikita is physically well,” Haas stated. “Uralkali Haas F1 Team wish Nikita well and we look forward to his return to the race track in early 2022 for pre-season testing.”
Mazepin is in his first F1 season and the Russian had a career-best end of 14th in Hungary. He was scheduled to start out twentieth on Sunday.
Foo Fighters cancel F1 Abu Dhabi live performance for medical causes
The Foo Fighters rock band has known as off its live performance on the Formula One race in Abu Dhabi because of “unforeseen medical circumstances,” occasion organizers stated Sunday.
The organizers provided no additional particulars concerning the medical situation, aside from to say that Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters had been “unable to travel” to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Sunday’s live performance.
“The band apologizes for any inconvenience or disappointment caused by this unexpected turn of events,” the assertion added. The band provided no speedy remark concerning the situation on its social media.
Emirati state-linked newspaper The National quoted live performance promoter John Lickrish as saying {that a} member of the band was rushed to a hospital from an airport in Chicago, the place the band stopped on the best way to Abu Dhabi. He didn’t elaborate on what occurred however stated the band managers had known as him to cancel.
The Foo Fighters final carried out in Fresno, California, on Thursday and had been scheduled to finish their rock tour in Abu Dhabi.
Instead, organizers stated that Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and France’s DJ Snake would carry out on the live performance that closes the Formula One season at Yas Island, off the east coast of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
