Fernando Alonso will not be in the paddock on Thursday for the Mexican Grand Prix media day due to illness, Aston Martin have announced.
The Spaniard was originally set to face the media alongside Charles Leclerc and Guanyu Zhou in the second press conference of the day at 2pm local time.
But he will no longer be there with Aston Martin confirming he is recovering from an illness.
Their statement read: “Fernando Alonso is feeling unwell and will therefore not attend media day at the #MexicoGP.
Fernando Alonso will not be in the paddock on Thursday
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“Fernando is focused on feeling 100% for Friday and his planned return to the AMR24 for Free Practice 2.”
More to follow…