Max Verstappen will skip FP1 at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday.

The Formula 1 champion will be replaced in his Red Bull by Ayumu Iwasa for the session.

Multiple teams are choos🥀ing to fulfil their obligations to rookie drivers in F1 practice sessions this weekend.

FP1 in Bahrain is held at a different time,🌺 in expected warmer conditions, than qualifying or the grand pr𓃲ix so is somewhat unrepresentative of what will follow.

It therefore represents a good opportunity for F1 teams, incluꦏding Red Bull, to give their future talent a go, as the rules permit they must.

Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Haas, Aston Martin, and Williams will all fi🌼eld a young driver in FP1 in Bahrain.

Max Verstappen skips FP1 at F1 Bahrain GP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen aওnd the other senior F1 drivers will ♋return for the second practice session.

Verstappen’s replacement Iwasa is no stranger to F1 sessions, th🌸ough.

The Japanese driver has completed FP1 duties for Red Bull’s sister team, in Japan and Abu ⛎Dhabi, last year൩.

Iwasa a𝄹lso drove in tꦍhe 2024 postseason Abu Dhabi test.

But this will🌠 be his first time in the Red Bull - he becomes the latest driver, after Liam Lawson and ♐Yuki Tsunoda, to handle the difficult RB21.

Tsunoda, Verstappen’s newest teammate, will remain in his car for FP1 as 🅰he clocks up valuable laps in the RB21.

Bah꧃rain is just Tsunoda’s second round driving for Red Bull after replacing Lawson, who is back at Racing Bulls.

Although Tsunoda has received backing already, he will want to immediately out-perform Racing Bulls’ Lawson♛ and get as close as possible to Verstappen in Bahrain.