Ferrari has introduced its improvement driver Arthur Leclerc will exchange Carlos Sainz throughout first free apply at Components 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, forming a singular line-up along with his elder brother Charles.
As a part of F1’s requirement to enter a rookie driver in two FP1 periods, Ferrari has opted handy 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 way of 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 crew as a improvement driver in its Maranello simulator.
He has additionally performed two checks for Ferrari this yr; one in January in Barcelona on the behest of Pirelli, and an FIA check at Fiorano in Could to trial the in the end unsuccessful spray guard prototypes.
Leclerc additionally competed within the European Le Mans Collection, taking an LMP2 race win for Panis Racing by TDS, and gained the Italian GT Championship in a Ferrari 296GT alongside former F1 racer Giancarlo Fisichella and Tommaso Mosca.
Arthur Leclerc, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Picture by: Carl Bingham / Aston Martin
They would be the first brothers to share the observe 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 crew Williams from Tuesday’s post-season check onwards after 4 seasons on the Scuderia, which yielded 4 wins and 6 pole positions.
The crew, 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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