Fernando Alonso is not feeling well, which is why he missed the press events at the Mexican Grand Prix, and he will not drive Aston Martin in FP1.
Of course, this last decision was planned and is not due to ill health, in the first practice session, anyway, test driver Felipe Drugovich would have taken the Spaniard's place. Aston Martin did not detail what made Alonso sick, let's hope it's nothing more serious. If everything goes well and the double world champion feels better, then on Saturday, in the practice session that starts at night, according to European time, he could already be on the circuit.
We don't worry about the "old man", he's a great fighter and wouldn't miss that party for anything in the world, where his name would be engraved in that particular stone alongside Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher or Lewis Hamilton. Namely, forever.