Sebastian Vettel is a major doubt for this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The German was forced to sit out last weekend's F1 season opener in Bahrain after testing positive for Covid, and Aston Martin have confirmed he has still yet to test negative.
As a result, the 34-year-old is not able to travel to Saudi Arabia, and Nico Hulkenburg will be on standby. "Sebastian Vettel has not yet returned the required negative COVID test to fly to the #SaudiArabiaGP," the Aston Martin team tweeted today.
"Nico Hulkenberg will be in Jeddah to deputise for Seb if necessary. We will delay our final decision until Friday to provide Seb every opportunity to race." Hulkenburg stood in for Vettel this past Sunday and finished 17th in a race won by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
