Spaniard Carlos Sainz drove a Ferrari Formula One automobile for the primary time on Wednesday in a personal check at the Italian group’s Fiorano track.
The 26-year-old has moved from McLaren to Maranello as substitute for four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel alongside Charles Leclerc, who returned to the cockpit on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19.
The 26-year-old has moved from McLaren to Maranello as substitute for four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel alongside Charles Leclerc, who returned to the cockpit on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19.
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Leclerc accomplished greater than 100 laps within the 2018 automobile in his stint, practising begins and work for the brand new season beginning in Bahrain on March 28.
Ferrari are finishing up 5 days of testing with race drivers and Academy kids, together with F2 champion Mick Schumacher who will likely be racing for the U.S.-owned Haas group this season.
Official pre-season testing is proscribed to a few days in Bahrain in March however groups can do personal working in vehicles which are greater than two years previous.