Mikhail Kozlovskiy is set to miss the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Champi🐼onship season-opener ꦚin Argentina this weekend due to delays on his LADA Vesta TC1 race car.

Th🎃e Russian driver is currently out in Argentina at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo circuit with the LADA team but will have to watch on from the pits. The 25-year-old will make his season debut at the second round in Morocco.

"Mikhail Kozlovskiy will start his season from the second round in Morocco," a statement from the team read. "Due to 🌺some delays with parts and a very tight schedule before the early start of the season, the third Vesta is still undergoing a manufacturing process. However, Mikhail will fly to Argentina to take part in promo events ahead of the WTCC season-opener in Termas de R?o Hondo."

Kozlovskiy's team-mates British duo Rob Hꦑuff and Jam🍰es Thompson will compete in Argentina in the all-new LADA Vesta TC1.