Villeneuve was set to make his Le Mans return in June as part of his pursuit to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport but has now been benched for the WEC’s blue riband event.
It is unclear if the 52-year-old will return for the remaining three rounds of the season at Monza, Fuji and Bahrain.
Villeneuve made a highly-anticipated debut in the World Endurance Championship this year with the Vanwall Hypercar squad, joining Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerreri in its Vandervell 680 non-hybrid LMH car.
However, he struggled for competitiveness in the opening leg of the season, with a crash in the Sebring Prologue and another race-ending incident with a Ferrari GTE car at Spa compounding his misery.
He was also involved in another shunt at Portimao in April, although that followed a brake failure in his Vanwall that left him unable to stop the car in time to avoid hitting the barriers.
Source: Autosport