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Mexican Sergio Perez, de Red bull, and Spanish Carlos Sainz, de Ferrari, said on Friday that they had accepted the offer Bahrain for get vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming lThe first Formula 1 drivers to confirm that they have.
Bahrain hosts three days of pre-season testing and the inaugural race on March 28 and offered doses of BioNTech Pfizer vaccine to all teams and staff in F1.
The teams are gone the decision as a personal matter for employees, though F1 he said he did not want to cross the line in front of the most vulnerable people.
Pérez, for whom he competed Racing point (now Aston Martin) last season, was the first F1 driver to contract the virus and missed two races in Silverstone Last season.
“They offered it to us, I decided to accept it“, He said Pérez journalists. “For me, in Mexico I don’t know when I will succeed“.
Sainz passed from McLaren A Ferrari, whose majority of the team from Bahrain also accepted the offer Italy is behind in vaccination.
The Spanish pilot emphasized that he had done the same: “I thought it was a great opportunity and I am obviously grateful to the Bahraini government because he offered it to so many people traveling the world. “
Six of the 20 regular race drivers gave positive results COVID-19. The others were seven times world champions Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri Yes Lance ride of Aston Martin.
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