Aston Martin has verified Sebastian Vettel will pass up the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Nico Hulkenberg to race together with Lance Stroll for the 2nd consecutive weekend.

Vettel contracted Covid-19 forward of the F1 period-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

While revealing in a assertion on Thursday that the 4-time planet winner experienced not nevertheless returned the detrimental exam essential to vacation to Saudi Arabia, the newest update gave no more aspects on this circumstance.

In a quick assertion, Aston Martin claimed: “Nico Hulkenberg will exercise, qualify and race together with Lance Stroll.

“Even with deficiency of mileage in the AMR22, Nico coped properly in Bahrain and we are positive he will do similarly in Jeddah.

“We be expecting Sebastian Vettel to be suit for the Australian GP.”

#SaudiArabianGP Update:@HulkHulkenberg will exercise, qualify and race together with @lance_stroll.Even with deficiency of mileage in the #AMR22, Nico coped properly in Bahrain and we are positive he will do similarly in Jeddah.We be expecting Sebastian Vettel to be suit for the #AustralianGP. pic.twitter.com/SgiSYwxZY2

— Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Workforce (@AstonMartinF1) March twenty five, 2022

This will be Hulkenberg’s fifth substitute visual appeal considering the fact that the get started of the pandemic just after standing in for Vettel in Bahrain, Stroll at the Eifel 2020 Eifel Grand Prix and Perez two times, the seventieth Anniversary and British grands prix, both of those also in 2020.