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Perez: I was 'most stupid guy on earth' for catching Covid

Sergio Perez says he felt like "the most stupid guy on earth" for contracting the coronavirus last summer and missing two races with Racing Point. Red Bull Racing's new driver was sidelined from Silverstone's double-header, the fourth and fifth rounds of the 2021 F1 world championship, after testing positive for the coronavirus. The setback, along with the termination of his contract with Racing Point, were the low points of a season in which the Mexican also enjoyed a fantastic apogee when he won his maiden Grand Prix at Sakhir in December. Overall, it was a hell of a ride for Perez in 2020. "I certainly had a very tough year, I will say," said Perez in a Red Bull...
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