Lewis Hamilton is anticipated to overlook the Pirelli tyre check at Mugello on Friday.
This comes after Hamilton revealed that his canine, Roscoe, was battling in poor health well being.
Hamilton posted {a photograph} of Roscoe at a veterinary clinic.
The publish was captioned with the next: “It’s been a scary few hours, everybody please preserve Roscoe in your ideas and prayers.”
No additional data has been given about Roscoe’s well being since Hamilton’s replace.
Respected Italian journalist Rosario Giuliana has since reported Hamilton is not going to participate within the Pirelli 2026 tyre check later at present.
Hamilton was on account of drive alongside Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc at Mugello.
Nevertheless, the seven-time world champion can be changed by reserve driver, Zhou Guanyu.
Giuliana reported: “For comprehensible causes, Lewis Hamilton is not going to participate in tomorrow’s Pirelli check, with Zhou becoming a member of Leclerc in his place.”
The most recent Pirelli check will give groups one other probability to check out the brand new rubber for subsequent yr.
The 2026 tyres are nonetheless 18 inches in diameter, however the entrance tyre width has been diminished from 305mm to 275mm.
The rear tyres have additionally modified from 405mm to 375mm.
This coincides with sweeping new technical rules which is able to see vital modifications to the chassis and engine guidelines.
Ferrari gained’t be the one workforce current at Mugello.
Haas have been in motion on the Italian monitor on Tuesday.
Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman accomplished laps in a mule model of the 2024 F1 automotive.
Haas have since confirmed that Romain Grosjean will drive an F1 automotive for the primary time since Bahrain 2020.
The Frenchman’s F1 profession resulted in Sakhir following his dramatic fireball crash.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff had promised Grosjean an outing in a Silver Arrow, however that hasn’t materialised within the subsequent 5 years.
