COVID-19. The 35-year-old race car driver shared the news on Instagram on Tuesday, revealing he's been forced to pull out of the upcoming Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain. «I’m devastated that I won’t be racing this weekend,» Hamilton wrote. «Since we started the season in June, my team and I have been taking all the precautions we possibly can and following the regulations everywhere in order to stay safe.»«Unfortunately, even though I returned three negative results this past week, I woke up yesterday morning with mild symptoms and requested another test which came back positive.
I’ve immediately gone into self-isolation for 10 days,» he explained. Hamilton said he was «gutted» not to be able to race this weekend, but that his priority was to.