Reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg will not be making his usual appearance in the Force India on Friday morning.
"I will drive in P2 (practice 2), not in P1," he revealed at Spa-Francorchamps.
Also in action on Friday will be Team Lotus’ third driver Karun Chandhok, who will be driving the T128 in the morning.
Friday morning at the fabled Belgian dawned sunny and dry.