Robert Shwartzman will attend the postAbu Dhabi Grand Prix Young Driver Test next month with the Uralkali Haas F1 Team.
the Ferrari driver academy Driver currently in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with According to racing and is an outside contender for the 2021 title, will end the year with a Formula 1 test just days after the end of its regular campaign.
Shwartzman will spend a full day with Haas im Yas Marina Circuit, and the young Russian is looking forward to the opportunity to get back into a Formula 1 car after having some private tests on old machines Scuderia Ferrari in the past.
“First of all, I would like to thank the Haas F1 Team, Scuderia Ferrari and the Ferrari Driver Academy for this great opportunity,” said Shwartzman. “This will be my first test with the Haas F1 Team and I’m really looking forward to getting to know a new team and environment and also to learn as much as possible from them.
“Having the chance to drive for another F1 team is just amazing and I can’t wait to work with everyone.”
Shwartzman is following in his 2020 teammate’s footsteps Mick Schumacher in the young driver test, the German after winning the Formula 2 title last year.
However, the Russian’s plans for 2022 have yet to be decided and with all twenty seats occupied in Formula 1, a reserve driver role with a team like Haas could be his best bet to keep his ambitions on the grid going into the future, too. keep alive.
Comparisons should be made with the two Formula 2 graduates with whom Haas and Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, but Guenther Steiner, the team principal at Haas, is excited to see what Shwartzman can achieve during the test.
“We look forward to testing with Robert in Yas Marina in December,” said Steiner. “It is obviously rated highly by Ferrari – since the end of 2017 it has been part of their driver program.
“His ability becomes clear when you look at his performances in the last few seasons – especially his rookie campaign in Formula 2 last year – which competed against our own two drivers Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.
“We are pleased to be able to enable Robert to work in a Formula 1 car and look forward to working with him in Abu Dhabi.”
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