Racing Point says it opted against testing Lance Stroll for COVID-19 on the Saturday of the Eifel Grand Prix because his doctor did not believe his symptoms were in line with the coronavirus.
Stroll missed the Eifel Grand Prix race weekend after feeling unwell on Saturday morning, but did not take a test for COVID-19 until he had travelled home on a private jet on Sunday evening. He received a positive result the following Monday but has since recovered and will race at this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix after isolating and returning a negative test.
However, the sequence of events, which saw Stroll decide not to take part in the Eifel Grand Prix but also decide not to seek a coronavirus test until Sunday evening, raised a number of questions over whether the team had followed the correct procedure.