Racing Point driver Lance Stroll says he tested positive for coronavirus after the Eifel Grand Prix weekend. The Canadian – who did not race – was unwell and displayed a number of Covid-19 symptoms at the Nurburgring race but was not tested over the weekend. Stroll said his symptoms were “pretty mild” and he went home on the morning of the 11 October race and took a test. Stroll was tested on the Tuesday before the race weekend but not while in Germany. Szafnauer replied that Stroll had had some of the symptoms over the period between the Russian and Eifel Grands Prix but had tested negative “multiple times”. Stroll’s statement said: “I arrived at the Nurburgring after testing negative in the normal pre-race tests.

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