: Coronavirus: Chaos around F1’s Australian GP as McLaren pull out after team member tests positive #IndiaNEWS McLaren pulled out of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix Thursday after a team

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Coronavirus: Chaos around F1’s Australian GP as McLaren pull out after team member tests positive #IndiaNEWS
McLaren pulled out of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix Thursday after a team member tested positive for coronavirus, throwing the race into chaos.The employee was among at least five Formula One personnel – four from Haas – who went into isolation this week after showing flu-like symptoms typical of the virus.“The team member was tested and self-isolated as soon as they started to show symptoms and will now be treated by local healthcare authorities,â€? McLaren said in a statement, adding that he would be quarantined.“The decision (to withdraw) has been taken based on a duty of care not only to McLaren F1 employees and partners, but also to the team’s competitors, Formula 1 fans and wider F1 stakeholders.â€?Results of the tests for the Haas staff have yet to be revealed.McLaren’s decision to pull out casts doubt over whether the race will be run without a full complement of teams, and whether others will follow suit.World champion Lewis Hamilton earlier Thursday said he was “very surprisedâ€? that it was going ahead as fears mount about the spread of the disease.“I am really very, very surprised that we’re here. I don’t think it’s great that we have races but it really is shocking that we’re all sitting in this...Read more

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