U. S. Grand Prix: Ferrari and McLaren will box with their first rookies of the year, while Williams and Alfa Romeo will finish their mandatory sessions.
A new rule for this season requires each team to entrust one of its cars to a young driver, with no more than two Grand Prix races under his belt, twice a year. With Ferrari and McLaren putting their first recruits in the car this weekend, this will leave Alpine as the only team with two sessions yet to finish.
The rule has been important for Nyck de Vries who, as Mercedes’ reserve, took part in sessions for Williams, Mercedes and Aston Martin before being called up to update most of the Monza weekend for Williams after Alex Albon fell ill. this saw the Dutch driving force get an AlphaTauri seat for next season.
De Vries with AlphaTauri to upgrade to Gasly
This weekend, Ferrari will deliver one of its F1-75s today to test the Robert Schwatzman driving team. The Russian-Israeli driving team has been part of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2017 and has previously competed in the 2021 postseason. driving force test for Ferrari and Haas, but this will be their first appearance in an F1 racing session.
Schwartzman, who finished momentarily in the F2 championship last year, is also expected to compete in FP1 in one of the definitive races.
McLaren will give 2021 IndyCar champion Alex Palou the reins of one of its cars. In recent weeks, the Spaniard has gotten a sense of the feel of McLaren cars after driving last season’s car in Barcelona and Austria as part of the team’s previous car testing. program.
Palou had an attractive summer after Chip Ganassi Racing announced that the Spaniard would continue with them for next season, Palou denied the press release before McLaren revealed it would sign for them.
This then led to a lawsuit, but it was eventually agreed that Palou would continue with Chip Ganassi in IndyCar but would be allowed to consult F1 with McLaren.
Williams and Alfa Romeo will wrap up their mandatory rookie sessions this weekend, with Williams competing from Vries in Spain, while Alfa Romeo will be able to use Zhou Guanyu’s debut in Bahrain as one of its rookie races.
Theo Porchaire, who recently occupies a prominent place in this year’s F2 championship, will be in the Alfa Romeo. The French teenager has been part of the Sauber Junior team since 2019 and took his first test drive in an F1 car a tyre overhaul last year.
Williams’ selection for FP1 will likely have maximum local interest, as he will be boxing with American driver Logan Sargeant. a post-season test of an F1 car.
Sargeant will be the first American in an F1 poll since Alexander Rossi at the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix.
After being in the right position at the right time, Emer attended Formula E pre-season 1 testing. He has connected with the series by adding the fan site operator and journalist to his status. initial fan.
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