Haas driver Nikita Mazepin was excluded from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix because he tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Russians who qualify on the grid on Saturday will miss the end of the season after a positive result at the Yas Marina circuit.

Ma Zeping participated in all the races before the last race on Sunday, which meant that reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi could not play.

Therefore, Mick Schumacher will be the only representative of Haas in the 19-driver race, and the Germans will start with 19.

Formula One confirmed that all close contacts of Ma Zeping have been announced and will not have a wider impact on Sunday's highly anticipated race.

Haas wrote in a statement: "Nikita is in good health and has no symptoms, but he will now self-isolate and follow the guidelines of the relevant public health authorities. Safety is the top priority of all parties involved.

"The Ural Kalihas F1 team wishes Nikita all the best, and we look forward to his return to the track for pre-season testing in early 2022."

Ma Zeping is one of only two regular drivers this season-with teammate Schumacher-without mentioning his name, he added in a social media post: "Hello everyone! I am sorry to report that I tested positive for Covid.  

"It feels good, but I can't participate in the race today. I wish all my drivers a wonderful ending at the end of the season, and I would like to express my gratitude and love to everyone for their support."

The new Formula One world champion Max Verstappen revealed that Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolfe both told him after his victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday Kind congratulations.

The Dutch overtook the British on the final lap in Abu Dhabi, and after a controversial safety car race, he took his first world championship from Hamilton.

After Hamilton appeared to have won with an 11-second lead, Mercedes protested on Verstappen's victory twice, with 10 laps left.

Nevertheless, Red Bull driver Verstappen stated that Hamilton and Wolfe were very polite in the failure.

"Totto sent me a text message-congratulations this season, I am worthy of victory, which is good," Verstappen said.

Verstappen added: "Overall, Lewis is a great athlete."

He continued: "Of course, if you already have seven titles, it certainly helps," Verstappen said. "It comforts him a little bit. I think it will be more painful for me if the other way around, because I don't have one.

"Lewis came over to congratulate me. The last lap must be difficult. It also shows our respect for each other.

"Of course, we have had a difficult time throughout the season, but we respected what we did, we pushed each other to the limit, and the game with him was very enjoyable."

At the same time, a message broadcast via the car channel surfaced. Hamilton claimed in the radio message that "this has been manipulated" and that there were four corners behind Verstappen on the last lap.

Hamilton made the above remarks to racing engineer Peter Bonnington. He was angry about the way Race Control handled the safety car restart. Only five cars between the seven-time world champion and Verstappen were allowed to be overtaken. , Allowing the Dutch to make significant progress in the final lap.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chicago Bulls' next two NBA games were postponed.

The Bulls announced Monday that their 10 players and other staff are in the league's health and safety protocols.

The NBA confirmed that Chicago will not play against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, nor will it play against the Toronto Raptors two days later.

Ayo Dosunmu and Stanley Johnson increased the list of Bulls players who were unable to play due to entering the agreement to seven in their 118-9 loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday.

The games against the Pistons and Raptors will be rescheduled.

Former Formula One driver Bernie Ecclestone accused Mercedes of looking like a loser after the controversial finale of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton was won by Max Verstappen.

On Sunday, a fierce race for the drivers championship ended in the most dramatic situation, with Verstappen overtaking Hamilton on the final lap after the deployment of the safety car.

As the two go hand in hand into the end of the season, it looks like Hamilton will maintain his title and establish a healthy advantage over his opponents.

However, there was a late turn when Nicholas Latifi’s Williams hit an obstacle four laps after the race, and Verstappen pitted for a new tire while clearing the wreckage in an attempt to shoot Hamilton. .

This opportunity arises when the race director Michael Masi controversially ruled that the safety car can overtake the safety car before it enters the final lap between competitors.

It was Verstappen who proved the victory. Mercedes was furious with Marcy. He told the Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff: "We went to the car."

During the Red Bull celebrations, Mercedes filed two complaints, claiming that Verstappen passed Hamilton before the safety car pitted, and opposed Massi's decision to allow the lapped car to pass.

The FIA ​​governing body rejected these two challenges, but Mercedes can still appeal the second of them.

Ecclestone said Mercedes should let this issue be set aside.

In an interview with Stats Perform, he said: "It has always been the same. The funny thing is that the winner laughs, and the loser has to make arrangements for themselves, and that's how it is. 

"It's not good to be a loser. I'm sorry to say that the current problem is that Mercedes looks a bit like that. It's not what they are. They shouldn't even look like they are bad losers. 

"What happened in the end, if you really want to analyze it correctly, you can say that the world champion has dropped to one lap. This is the last lap of the race. Two people are on the track and no one is there. In fact, Lewis is a little bit Luckily, because he started that lap before Max, but on average, they played against each other there and Max came in front. 

"No one should really, really complain. I don't know if people complained at the beginning that Lewis gained a little advantage when he wasn't on the track to pass Max, and Max was actually on the track. I thought there would be some kind of condemn. 

"Nothing happened, it's okay. They should get rid of all the stupid rules in Formula 1.'Don't cross the white line, don't do this, don't do that', when the lights go out, these guys are racing by themselves, and they are racing ."

Ecclestone added that he has no objections to Marcy's decision.

"A few times this year I thought it was a bit stupid for the tournament director to do one or two things when he had enough time to think," he said.

"But in this case, I didn’t complain at all, because he was there for a few seconds to decide what to do, and the Mercedes team spent four hours with a lawyer to decide who was right. wrong. 

"It's hard to say that event directors should spend four hours doing the same thing. Even so, according to event management, even so, they didn't make the right decision, so we have to wait and see. 

"You need a tournament director, you need a person to be in charge, if this person does not do a good job in six months or other time, then he will be fired.

"But this is not the case with him. He hasn't done a good job all year. He made one or two mistakes that looked like mistakes, but if you analyze them carefully, they might not be wrong anyway. ."

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