McLaren driver Norris tests positive for Covid-19

McLaren driver, Lando Norris has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating, his Formula One team said on Tuesday.

McLaren said in a statement that Norris had returned a positive result on Monday in Dubai, where he is on a holiday before the team’s training camp.

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Norris, 21, said that he took a Covid-19 test after losing his sense of taste and smell.

Norris is the fourth F1 driver to test positive for the novel coronavirus after seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll of Racing Point (now Aston Martin) returned positive tests last season.