Russian Formula 2 driver Nikita Mazepin will make the step up to Formula 1 next season after Haas announced his signing on a multi-year deal this morning. Mazepin currently sits third overall in the F2 championship with one round to go. His partner at Haas is as yet unknown.
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Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. The seven-time Formula One world champion is in isolation after his positive result was announced on Tuesday morning.
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Brazilian driver Pietro Fittipaldi will race in place of Romain Grosjean for Haas in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix following the Frenchman’s fiery accident in yesterday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean is being treated for burns to his hands in hospital but has avoided serious injury.
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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon but the race was overshadowed by an opening lap crash that saw Romain Grosjean’s Haas engulfed in flames. The Frenchman miraculously emerged from the inferno with minor injuries.
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Mercedes Lewis Hamilton once again saw off the challenge of his teammate Valtteri Bottas to take pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Red Bull locked out the second row of the grid with Max Verstappen starting third ahead of Alexander Albon.
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