Formula 1 teams are immersed in important development programs for young drivers, even more so after the highest category of motorsports has introduced a rule that requires a rookie to line up in at least two official free practices of a grand prix.
Some teams have already done so, such as Red Bull with the controversial Juri Vips, or Alfa Romeo with Guanyu Zhou, who, due to his status as a new driver, meets the requirements for the Hinwil team to have checked the box that the FIA commands .
However, others continue to test their promises, such as Ferrari, who were present at the Mugello track in last season’s car, the SF21 , to give Robert Shwartzman mileage.
The Russian driver now competes with an Israeli license, due to being born near Tel Aviv, and had an intense practice day dressed in red, a total of 130 laps , equivalent to 681 kilometers, or more than two races. Formula 1 races in a single day.
It is the second time so far this year that the young driver gets into a Maranello single-seater, and it is that in January he was at the controls of the SF71H , the vehicle with which Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen participated in 2018 .
As indicated by the Italian team, they went out to roll from nine in the morning to carry out “some set-up work with the car” and then he was driving around with different fuel loads simulating qualifying and race sessions, so they could Evaluate on the track what is usually worked on in the simulator.
“A valuable experience,” Ferrari said. “Today’s session has been very useful for Robert [Shwartzman], since, according to the regulations, he must drive in at least two free practice sessions of the Formula 1 World Championship.”
“It has also been a great training session for the rest of the Scuderia staff. The team they have been working on was made up of a mix of very experienced mechanics and engineers with other youngsters who are training at Maranello, and who have experience on the track. limited”, declared the team that occupies the second position in the constructors’ classification for the 2022 season.
