McLaren driver Carlos Sainz has shared his health fears about the sport as he returns to Formula 1 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
The season begins this weekend in Austria with a double-header at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The first race is being held on July 5 and the second is taking place on the following weekend.
Although safety precautions will be in place – as in masks will be worn and teams must stay in their "bubbles”, Sainz is still worried about contracting the virus.
McLaren has also been tested every Monday for the last month.
He told CNN Sport: “You might have Covid-19 and you don't even know you have it and don't even have symptoms or someone in the team doesn't even have symptoms and they have it and you might miss a race because of that.
"After four months of not racing and of wanting to go racing, suddenly you are perfectly well and healthy but you have tested positive for Covid-19 so cannot race in Formula 1, after four months, it would be a horrible feeling and something that I want to take care of not happening.
"You might as well get it from pure bad luck and you can't do anything against it, you just have to skip a couple of races because of that. But the worst part of it would be to feel perfect, feel like you feel now, have Covid-19 in your system or in your blood, and not being able to race."

Also, no fans will be in attendance for the opening rounds of the 2020 season, but F1 boss Chase Carey believes it is possible a 15-18 race season can still be completed.
Sainz, who is replacing Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari in 2021, believes that racing without fans will affect the moment.
He said: “Those moments when you're doing the drivers parade when you see the full grandstand, those moments when you go into a track and you see everything full of fans supporting you, shouting out your name, it fills you with energy and good vibes.
"And not having that is going to be sad and for sure different. There's not going to be a lack of motivation. Motivation will be extremely high and we're going to be ready."