Motorsport.com has learned that the Toronto native is not scheduled to be behind the wheel of one of the R.S. 16 Renault F1 cars on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal June 10.

Thursday, the 20-year-old completed his first test with the Renault Sport Formula One Team at Silverstone in England. The Canadian completed 140 laps of the British circuit aboard a Renault’s V8-powered E20 F1 car from 2012 (né Lotus).

“No announcement yet on where Nicholas will drive FP, but I can confirm that it will not be in Montreal”, a spokesman for Latifi’s management team told Motorsport.com.

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“Nicholas will not be taking part in the FP1 session in Montreal. This is a decision that has been taken for practical reasons because of the proximity of the Canadian Grand Prix to the third round of the GP2 Series in Baku just a week later.

“It's an important time for Nicholas because it’s the start of his first full season in the GP2 Series and that's where his focus needs to be at this time.

“Nicholas will still drive in at least one FP1 session this season as part of his role as a Renault Sport Formula One Team Test Driver and we hope to give more details on that very soon.”