When a car is as good as the ferrari 458 italia that won best drivers car in 2011, you dont need to change much. Marcus ericsson may no longer be a formula 1 driver but new ferrari signing charles leclerc should thank his former team. Behind the wheel with ferraris top test driver cnn. He is the 2018 toyota racing series champion and the 2019 fia formula 3. Alfa romeo racing test driver tatiana calderon and development driver juan manuel correa will take the wheel of formula one machinery in a female driver to race in formula 2. Daniel ricciardo begins a new life at renault, with pierre gasly taking over his red bull seat. American formula 2 driver juan manuel correa will make his formula one debut in a private test with alfa romeo on aug. Ferrari 488 gtb is the 2017 motor trend best drivers car. Aug 20, 2018 daniel ricciardos shock switch to renault and fernando alonsos decision to quit formula one at the end of 2018 have blown the f1 driver market wide open. At ferrari s fiorano test track, a 12corner pista that now is nearly surrounded by housing, the 488 pista finally revealed that there are, in fact, limits to its traction. During those same years, he won the gp3 championship. Robert mikhailovich shwartzman, is a russian racing driver due to compete in the 2020 fia formula 2 championship. Giovinazzi beats vettels lap record to top first test day.
After the russian grand prix, the team went to administration, and ericsson signed for sauber for the 2015 season. Sauber f1 team completes 2019 driver lineup get the latest. Jan 09, 2019 pascal wehrlein will be ferrari s new test driver for 2019, according to international media reports lequipe says the former manor and sauber driver, who recently parted with mercedes development programme, will take over the role at ferrari from daniil kvyat. Marciello, 20, already has prior experience of formula one machinery, having tested for ferrari in abu dhabi in november. Ferrari junior driver giovinazzi to partner raikkonen at sauber in 2019.
Find out what the ferrari is like on the track right here. The test will take place at the paul ricard circuit in the south of france and he will test a sauber c32, which was the last of the teams v8. Last year, saubers female test driver drove the swiss teams car for a filming run. Another year underway at the ferrari driver academy. Ferrari protege raffaele marciello has joined sauber as test and reserve driver for the 2015 season, the swiss team announced on wednesday. The scuderia ferrari team was founded by enzo ferrari on 16 november 1929 and became the racing team of alfa romeo, building and racing alfa romeo cars. Sep 25, 2018 sauber confirmed that antonio giovinazzi will partner with kimi raikkonen at the swiss team for the 2019 formula 1 season as marcus ericsson is relegated to reserve driver status and brand ambassador.
Chatting to charles leclerc, ferrari f1 driver at monza. Ferrari test driver pushes f40, f50, enzo, and laferrari on the track dario benuzzi laps fiorano in some of the companys legends. Antonio giovinazzi lapped more than half a second quicker than sebastian vettels official circuit record as he used hypersoft tyres to comfortably top day one of formula 1s hungaroring test. Test driver roles was as good as it ever got for the italian in. The ferrari driver academy is pleased to announce that two new drivers are joining the maranello marques racing driver training and development programme, which has now been operational for eleven years. Pascal wehrlein born 18 october 1994 is a germanmauritian formula e racing driver for the indian team mahindra racing and development driver for scuderia ferrari. Sergio perez was the only driver not racing for mercedes, ferrari or red bull to get on the podium in 2018, but failed to repeat the feat in 2019 date of birth. For the 2016 and 2017 seasons, leclerc served as a test driver for the haas f1 program, another offshoot of the ferrari web. In november of that year, enzo fittipaldi was among five drivers invited to join the ferrari driver academy and was confirmed as a ferrari driver academy member alongside marcus armstrong the following month. Jan 19, 2019 mick schumacher, the teenage son of seventime formula one world champion michael schumacher, has joined ferrari s driver academy, the italian formula one stable confirmed on saturday.
New ferrari team principal maurizio arrivabene said friday we are. What everyone expects as mick schumacher signed with the. Jan 14, 2019 charles leclerc arrives as vettels new teammate to replace kimi raikkonen, who has gone back to sauber, and could bring a fresh new wind to ferrari who havent won a drivers title since. In 2015, he came third in the rokcup usa championship and in 2016, he raced in seven rounds of the ginetta g40 junior series. Leclerc won the gp3 series championship in 2016 and the fia formula 2 championship in 2017. Sauber sign ferrari test driver antonio giovinazzi for 2019. Luca badoer born 25 january 1971 is an italian former racing driver. At the end of the first practice session, which was red flagged with just a few minutes remaining, after ericsson crashed in his alfa sauber, scuderia ferrari were fourth and fifth fastest with kimi raikkonen 3003 and sebastian vettel 3172 respectively. Charles leclerc set for emotional ferrari f1 test in abu. Five f1 driverteam combinations you probably forgot. Charles leclerc and marcus ericsson confirmed at sauber formula 2 champion leclerc makes step up to replace pascal wehrlein as ericsson holds on to seat.
Tatiana calderon has moved another step closer to f1. Sep 25, 2018 sauber sign ferrari test driver antonio giovinazzi for 2019 alongside kimi raikkonen with marcus ericsson demoted to reserve after four years. Some big changes for 2019, not least ferrari protege charles leclerc stepping up from sauber to partner sebastian vettel with former champion kimi raikkonen heading in the opposite direction. Ferrari formula 1 junior and prema racing fia formula 3 driver marcus armstrong has joined the all road management stable of nicolas todt. Marcus simmons why a btcc fantasy cant become reality.
Sep 02, 2018 i got the chance to chat to f1 driver charles leclerc this week in the f1 paddock at the italian gp. Sauber pins f1 hopes on c34ferrari for 2015 autoblog. Take a look at mick schumacher driving a ferrari f1 car for. Ferrari is pushing this car as a practical, everyday driver. The idea to found the ferrari driver academy arose after observing the italianbrazilian driver, felipe masse, growing up more and more. Arthur leclerc and dino beganovic for the scuderias young driver programme. Gp2 star antonio giovinazzi, recently signed up as a ferrari reserve driver, will instead test alongside marcus ericsson in saubers c36 during the first week of testing. Jan 27, 2019 charles leclerc became the first driver to graduate from the ferrari driver academy after 10 years, so has it been a success.
Dec 15, 2014 ferrari has signed esteban gutierrez as its test and reserve driver for next season, after the mexican lost his seat at sauber. It is my opinion that it doesnt fit that role very well. Mick schumacher joins ferrari driver academy formula 1 news. How formula ones driver market looks after events of the. Badoer has raced for the scuderia italia, minardi, forti corse and most recently, ferrari teams. The list of drivers also includes 18yearold new zealander marcus armstrong, who. And he has comprehensively outpaced marcus ericsson, a not particularly quick but certainly able, experienced driver, throughout the year.
The soft tyre was the preferred option for most drivers, with marcus ericsson fourth for sauber on a 1m20. Jul 31, 2018 giovinazzi, who is a ferrari young driver and took part in two f1 grands prix last year for sauber, finished 2. Where a team have previously announced a driver has a contract with them for the continue reading 2017 f1 drivers and teams. The ferrari driver academy took to the track for the first time this year at the south garda karting track, at lonato italy. The ferrari driver academy f1s golden ticket to the top. Giovinazzi tops first morning of hungary test for ferrari. It is a niche car and obviously people are going to buy them, after all it. Ferrari did anyway, and it produced the even more impressive 488 gtb. Giovinazzi subsequently served as saubers test and reserve driver during 2018, before gaining a full race seat with the swiss squad for 2019, replacing marcus ericsson.
The move was arranged by ferrari, whose contract with sauber allowed them to place a junior driver in one of the teams two seats. Ferrari test driver pushes f40, f50, enzo, and laferrari. Even though he had stipulated a contract with scuderia ferrari, the latter decided to give the driver to the team sauber for three seasons from 2002 until 2005. Apr 02, 2019 mick schumacher drove his first modern formula 1 car on tuesday at the first inseason f1 test of 2019. The 2019 ferrari 488 pista has a 710 hp, 567 lbft twinturbo 3. He may also be the young driver chosen to lead ferrari into this seasons tests. Marcus ericsson will be a reserve driver for the 2019 formula one season after antonio giovinazzi was promoted by. I was in milan for the f1 fan festival as well, all than.
A list of teams and drivers which have been confirmed or are expected to take part in the 2017 f1 season. Ferrari dealer marcus uzzell certainly was when i stepped over the threshold of. Automobile allstars winner ferrari s screaming midengine coupe not only rips roads to shreds, it. In 1938, alfa romeo management made the decision to reenter racing under its own name, establishing the alfa corse organisation, which absorbed what had been scuderia ferrari. Aug 14, 2019 the logic behind red bulls albongasly driver swap. In 2017, he raced in the italian and german f4 championships with prema, finishing second in the rookie category. Last year, ferrari driver academy fda students robert shwartzman and marcus armstrong finished first and second in the category and this year, the academy is represented by enzo fittipaldi. Charles leclerc will make his debut as an official ferrari formula 1 driver in next weeks abu dhabi test and believes it will be a special and emotional experience.
For the eleventh season, another year of study for the youngsters chosen by the scuderia to attend its ferrari driver academy has just got underway with the usual. Rookie jack lawton, a former williams test driver, took his place for the remainder of the season, and went on to become a full driver for 2025. Ferraribacked f3 racer marcus armstrong will be guided by. The italian topped the times on day one of the hungaroring test driving for ferrari, then followed it up with fourth for sauber on day. Where a driver had not been confirmed the occupant of the seat for 2016 is listed and marked tbc. Take a look at mick schumacher driving a ferrari f1 car. Most of the test days driving will be done by current or recent f1 drivers. After racing in formula regional, the 18 yearold brazilian is ready to tackle a new adventure in this very competitive series. Sep 12, 2018 how will ferrari driver swap change f1 2019. Leclerc did a good job because of ericsson january 2019, 8. The 2022 world champion has 14 wins to his name, all of which were achieved with williams, with which he shares one of the closest relationships seen in the sports history.
Jan 24, 2019 antonio fuoco, who is currently test driver for the dragon formula e team, is no longer listed on the fdas member list but has taken up a consultancy role within the academy having enjoyed a twoday run with ferrari at the inseason austria test in 2015. F1 drivers 2020 hamilton, verstappen, vettel and more. F3 driver dan ticktum will join them ontrack in the red bull rb15. Antonio giovinazzi says his impressive performance in formula 1s hungary test for ferrari and sauber is no guarantee he will earn a race drive next season. Ferrari f1 signs esteban gutierrez as reserve driver get. In october 2016, enzo joined the ferrari driver academy, after a test at the fiorano circuit. Ericsson drove the brawn bgp 001 at the 2009 young driver test in 2014, ericsson signed to drive for caterham. In addition to his racing duties, badoer was one of the active test and reserve drivers for ferrari from 1998 to 2010 and in 2009 stood in for ferrari s regular race driver. F1 french gp 2018 free practice 1 scuderia ferrari. In late 2017 ferrari added callum ilott, robert shwartzman and gianluca petecof to their lineup. The list of drivers also includes 18yearold new zealander marcus armstrong, who is preferred over callum ilott.