Fernando Alonso’s arrival at this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix can be delayed due to medical remedy for an intestinal an infection.
The Aston Martin driver flew again to Europe following Sunday’s Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix to see a specialist, after falling in poor health earlier than the race weekend.
The additional day’s remedy he acquired in Europe has delayed his journey to Brazil, Aston Martin mentioned, and the two-time champion will miss Thursday’s media day.
The 43-year-old additionally missed media day in Mexico, the place he celebrated his four-hundredth grand prix, on account of sickness.
The staff mentioned Alonso’s resolution to return to Europe to be seen by a physician “ensures he can be prepared for this weekend’s racing”.
The Sao Paulo Grand Prix is a dash weekend, with a shorter race on Saturday along with the primary grand prix on Sunday.
The schedule means drivers have only one observe session on Friday earlier than a qualifying session later that day that units the grid for the dash race, which is the primary observe motion on Saturday.
Grand Prix qualifying follows afterward Saturday earlier than the grand prix on Sunday.
Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen goes into the weekend, with 4 races nonetheless to go, with a 47-point lead over his title rival Lando Norris of McLaren.
McLaren lead Ferrari and Pink Bull within the constructors’ championship, with all three groups in rivalry for that title.
