McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo still too unwell to drive in Bahrain F1 test
The Australian was ruled out of the opening day due to feeling uꦯnwell, forcing McLaren to switch around its programme as Norris⛦ deputised in the MCL36.
Ricciardo had been scheduled to return on Friday morningꦿ but McLaren confirmed that Norris will continue to drive.
McLaren said Ricciardo had “shown signs of iꩵmprovement” but requires further assessment before he can take part in Bahrain.
Ricciardo has shown “signs of improvement” according to McLaren🐎, who al🦩so confirmed that “several” precautionary COVID-19 tests had come back negative.
It marks a s♏etback to Ricciardo’s pre-season after he enjoyed a strong oꦜpening test in Barcelona.
McLaren endured a difficult opening day in Bahrain after being hampered by a brake issue that Norris admitted wil🅠l not prove easy to fix.
“The exact p♐roblems I'm not ꦑtoo sure, but just temperatures and stuff,” he explained. “It didn't allow us to do long runs.
“Things we are trying to fix the next few days, it's not goꦯing to be an ea🤪sy fix, so we'll see what we can do.”
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