<p>Formula One driver Sergio Perez says he might have contracted the coronavirus during a trip to Mexico between races in Hungary and Britain.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Perez says he was visiting his mother in Mexico after she was hospitalized following a “big accident.”</p>.<p>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.”</p>.<p>The Mexican used a private jet to fly home and says he has no symptoms.</p>.<p>The pandemic delayed the start of the season by more than three months.</p>
<p>Formula One driver Sergio Perez says he might have contracted the coronavirus during a trip to Mexico between races in Hungary and Britain.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Perez says he was visiting his mother in Mexico after she was hospitalized following a “big accident.”</p>.<p>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.”</p>.<p>The Mexican used a private jet to fly home and says he has no symptoms.</p>.<p>The pandemic delayed the start of the season by more than three months.</p>