Ferrari has introduced its growth driver Arthur Leclerc will change Carlos Sainz throughout first free observe at Formulation 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, forming a novel line-up together with his elder brother Charles.
As a part of F1’s requirement to enter a rookie driver in two FP1 classes, Ferrari has opted at hand Sainz’s Ferrari SF-24 to the youthful of the 2 Leclerc brothers on the Yas Marina circuit.
Like his brother earlier than him, Leclerc got here by the ranks as a part of the Ferrari academy. After reasonably profitable campaigns in F3 and F2, the 24-year-old stepped again from single-seater racing this yr, specializing in supporting the F1 workforce as a growth driver in its Maranello simulator.
He has additionally performed two exams for Ferrari this yr; one in January in Barcelona on the behest of Pirelli, and an FIA check at Fiorano in Might to trial the finally unsuccessful spray guard prototypes.
Leclerc additionally competed within the European Le Mans Collection, taking an LMP2 race win for Panis Racing by TDS, and received the Italian GT Championship in a Ferrari 296GT alongside former F1 racer Giancarlo Fisichella and Tommaso Mosca.
Arthur Leclerc, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Photograph by: Carl Bingham / Aston Martin
They would be the first brothers to share the monitor in a grand prix session since Michael and Ralf Schumacher, who raced one another for 10 consecutive seasons between 1997 and 2006.
Ferrari is bidding farewell to Sainz this weekend, with the Spaniard becoming a member of his new workforce Williams from Tuesday’s post-season check onwards after 4 seasons on the Scuderia, which yielded 4 wins and 6 pole positions.
The workforce, which can welcome seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton subsequent yr, nonetheless has an opportunity to dethrone McLaren within the constructors’ championship, with the papaya squad heading into the 2024 season finale with a 21-point lead.
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