Manama, London — Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, the first time he has had to sit out a race in his career.

The Briton, Formula One’s most successful driver of all time with a record 95 race wins and 98 pole positions, was isolating with mild symptoms but otherwise fit and well, his Mercedes team said in a statement on Tuesday...

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