Kimi Antonelli and Valtteri Bottas skip Mexico GP F1 media duties with illness

Andrea Kimi Antonelli will miss media day at the Mexico City Grand Prix as he recovers from illness ahead of the weekend he can be crowned Formula 1 world champion. 

Mercedes confirmed that Antonelli has been excused from his media duties by the FIA as a precaution, enabling him the chance to recover from what the team has described as being a “viral illness”.