sergio Perez says he was visiting his mother in Mexico after she was hospitalized following a "big accident."
Sergio Perez
Formula One driver Sergio Perez says he might have contracted the coronavirus during a trip to Mexico between races in Hungary and Britain. The Racing Point driver tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and will miss Sunday's race at Silverstone and another the following week at the same track while in isolation.
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Perez says he was visiting his mother in Mexico after she was hospitalized following a "big accident."
Perez says it is "one of the saddest days in my career" missing races "but it just shows how vulnerable we all to this virus."
The Mexican used a private jet to fly home and says he has no symptoms. The pandemic delayed the start of the season by more than three months.
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