Contrary to some team bosses earlier remarks, ‘Delhi belly’ is a concern for formula one teams as they head to India next week.<\/p>\n
‘Delhi belly’ is a colloquial term for the sort of sickness often picked up by travellers to India as they sample local foods and drink the tap water.<\/p>\n
But McLaren and FOTA boss Martin Whitmarsh warned the media not to “overstate” the risks of racing and eating in Delhi.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think we should single out India as a particular challenge in that regard,” he insisted.<\/p>\n
Fellow boss Christian Horner added that Red Bull has had a crew running a show car in India recently and there was only “one incident of an upset tummy”.<\/p>\n
“No, we’re not taking any additional precautions,” he revealed.<\/p>\n
But that’s not the case with some of the other teams.\u00a0 A spokesperson for Swiss team Sauber said stomach bugs “could seriously compromise the team’s performance if team personnel fall ill”.<\/p>\n
“This is why so many precautions are being taken,” the spokesperson is quoted by the Indian Express.<\/p>\n
Added a Toro Rosso spokesperson: “It is a fact that Europeans often pick up stomach bugs when in India”.<\/p>\n
And a Mercedes spokesperson said its catering team had been deployed to India ahead of time to “source local produce in a new destination”.<\/p>\n
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