The Thai-British driver – who took half within the first two observe classes on Friday – is battling appendicitis and won’t compete in FP3, qualifying at Monza or in Sunday’s race, with Mercedes reserve Nyck de Vries to make his System One debut as a substitute.
Dutchman De Vries, 27, received the System E World Championship with Mercedes-EQ final yr and can be the 2019 System 2 world champion with ART Grand Prix.
“Williams Racing can verify that, after feeling unwell this morning and in search of medical recommendation from the FIA and native hospital, Alex Albon is now present process remedy for appendicitis,” the British staff mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
“Following on from this, we will verify that the staff’s Reserve Driver Nyck de Vries will drive rather than Alex for the rest of the Italian Grand Prix weekend. Alex is in good spirits and the staff needs him a speedy restoration.”
Mercedes reserve Nyck de Vries will substitute Alex Albon at Williams for the Italian Grand Prix
/ Getty PhotosWilliams at the moment sit all-time low of the 2022 constructor standings having amassed simply 4 factors from 15 races thus far this season, 21 adrift of nearest rivals Aston Martin.
Former Pink Bull driver Albon is liable for all of these, having completed tenth on the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa final month.
He got here ninth on the inaugural Miami Grand Prix in Could and earned one other level by crossing the road in tenth on the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in April. Workforce-mate Nicolas Latifi is but to get off the mark with solely seven races left this time period, in the meantime.
That is solely the third time this season {that a} reserve driver has stood in throughout a Grand Prix weekend, with Nico Hulkenberg deputising for Aston Martin on the first two races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia after Sebastian Vettel examined constructive for Covid-19.
