Pirelli employee tests positively for coronavirus

2020-03-16 16:38:30 by Nicolás Quarles van Ufford

Another member of the Formula 1 paddock has tested positively for the coronavirus, as Pirelli have revealed one of their employees has contracted COVID-19, adding they have taken all measures as advised by the Australian government.

F1 journalist Philip Duncan reported this on Twitter, marking the second person on the F1 grid with the virus after a McLaren engineer had tested positively last week. 

Taking measures

In Pirelli's statement, they stated the infected employee is "now following all the relevant procedures". Whether other Pirelli employees will be put in quarantine now it unknown.

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