Red Bull junior to make F1 practice debut in Daniel Ricciardo’s car in Japan
Ayumu Iwasa will make his ඣF1 practice bow at Suzuka as RB field an all-Japanese line-up.
Red Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa is set to make his F1 practice debut at next weekend’s Japa🉐nese Grand Prix.
The 22-year-old will take over from the under-pressure 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo to partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda as RB field an all-Japan🅰ese driver line-uཧp for FP1 at their home race.
Red Bull motorsport advisor﷽ Helmet Marko confirmed the plan in his column for Sp👍eedWeek.
“On Friday w𒉰e will use our young pilot Ayumu Iwasa in practice, an all-Nippon team. What's more, the Suzuka circuit should suit the Racing𒁏 Bulls' car.” Marko wrote.
Iwasa’s appearance will complete the first of two mandatory rookie FP1 slots for🐽 the 2024 season.
“I am ver💜y happy to be able to participate in an official F1 session in my home country, and I am excited t♈o be able to take the first step toward the realisation of my dream – winning races and capture the world championship title for many consecutive years in F1, the world’s most prestigious series," Iwasa said.
Iwasa has al❀ready raced at Suzuka this yearಌ when he made his debut in Japan’s Super Formula championship.
He previously raced in Formula 2 and made his F1 testing debut for the Faenza squ𒉰ad at the Abu Dh🍸abi young driver test in November.
“He did a great job in the Abu Dhabi test at the end of last year when he♉ drove for us for the first time,” RB 🐻team principal Laurent Mekies added.
"Since ꦛthen, he has been doing a lot a valuable work in our simulator, including providing live race support.
"This on-track experience will be important for his growth as a young driver, as well as providing him and our engineers with a useful real-track correlation of the work he carries out for us in the simulator🦹."
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