Formula One leader Max Verstappen said he was not worrying about Covid-19 affecting the championship outcome but rival Lewis Hamilton remained wary as countries ease restrictions
Hamilton tested positive for the coronavirus last December and had to miss the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, which came after the Mercedes driver had sealed his record-equalling seventh championship.“If I slide in the shower and I break my neck it’s the same story, isn’t it?," Red Bull's Verstappen told reporters ahead of Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix when asked whether he was taking any extra precautions.
“I don’t really think about these things. I just keep on doing and living my life like I have been in the last two years already, of course, with Covid. Just continue doing what I have been doing.” Covid-19 has killed over 600,000 people in Brazil, the second highest death toll in the world behind only the US. Mexico has the fourth highest.
Formula One has travelled further afield this season, after a 2020 campaign in Europe and the Middle East, and welcomed large crowds again after a year behind closed doors.Hamilton said he kept the group around him to a small number of people, and was careful where he went, but felt most people outside the sport took it less seriously.
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