Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein will be replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi for the second race in a row at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.
Wehrlein pulled out of the season-opener in Australia midway through the weekend due to a lack of race fitness and has now confirmed he will miss the entire Chinese Grand Prix weekend. Wehrlein injured his back in an accident at the Race of Champion in January and says the following disruption to his training schedule left him unable to reach the required fitness level to complete a race distance in Melbourne.
With the Bahrain Grand Prix just one week after the Chinese round, he admits that it might not be until the Russian Grand Prix in three weeks' time that he returns to action.