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Bahrain vaccine offer taken up by some F1 personnel

Some Formula 1 team members, including from Ferrari and Mercedes, have taken up the offer of COVID-19 vaccinations from the Bahrain government ahead of testing and this month's season-opener despite the sport's reluctance to jump any queues. Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported on Wednesday that 90% of Ferrari staff in Bahrain had accepted the offer of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on arrival. There was no official comment from the Italian team. Sources at several teams told Reuters it was a matter of personal choice. Italy has registered more than 100,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 since February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain, and the country's vaccination...
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