Fernando Alonso is not feeling well, so he missed the press conferences for the Mexican Grand Prix, and he will not be driving the Aston Martin in FP1 either.
It's true that this last step was planned and not due to his discomfort, as test driver Felipe Drugovich would have sat in the Spaniard's place in the first practice session anyway. Aston Martin didn't specify what illness Alonso suffered; we hope it's nothing serious. If all goes well and the two-time world champion feels better, he could be back on track for practice on Saturday night, European time.
We don't care about the "old man"; he's a great fighter and wouldn't miss that party for anything, where Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, or even Lewis Hamilton have their names engraved on that particular stone. And forever.
