Home F1 McLaren driver Lando Norris tests positive for COVID-19 McLaren's Formula One driver Lando Norris had tested positive for COVID-19 and has isolated himself after losing his sense of taste and smell. Reuters 05 January, 2021 20:38 IST McLaren driver Lando Norris revealed that he had lost his sense of taste and smell on Monday and isolated immediately. - Getty Images Reuters 05 January, 2021 20:38 IST McLaren driver Lando Norris has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating, his Formula One team said on Tuesday.McLaren said in a statement that Norris had returned a positive result on Monday in Dubai, where he is on a holiday before the team's training camp. pic.twitter.com/s5fypbYNjx— McLaren (@McLarenF1) January 5, 2021 Norris, 21, said that he took a COVID-19 test after losing his sense of taste and smell."I feel alright and have no other symptoms," he wrote on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/PG46RCvz3j— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris) January 5, 2021 Norris is the fourth F1 driver to test positive for the novel coronavirus after seven-times champion Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll of Racing Point (now Aston Martin) returned positive tests last season.Norris finished ninth in the drivers standings last season. Read more stories on F1. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :