Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc should not set to be in motion on the third and last day of Ferrari’s personal F1 check at Barcelona.
Hamilton and Leclerc will step apart after two days of sharing driving duties in a 2023 automobile to allow Ferrari to guage a few of their reserve driver choices on Thursday.
This was deliberate earlier than Hamilton crashed his Ferrari on Wednesday, scuppering the workforce’s testing programme for the day.
Ferrari booked out the Spanish Grand Prix venue for 3 days this week to assist Hamilton proceed his preparations for the 2025 F1 season alongside new teammate Leclerc.
Hamilton has had an extra alternative to study Ferrari’s procedures and set up a working relationship with new race engineer Riccardo Adami in a behind closed doorways check which falls below the Testing of Earlier Automobiles (TPC).
The seven-time world champion drove within the afternoon on Tuesday and has been again behind the wheel of Ferrari’s SF-23 challenger on Wednesday morning, a session which ended early as a result of a crash.
Lewis Hamilton is testing for Ferrari in Barcelona
Nevertheless, Thursday is about to offer different drivers from Ferrari’s pool with an opportunity to get some F1 mileage below their belts.
Ex-Sauber driver Antonio Giovinazzi, who has held a reserve function with Ferrari since 2017, is about to get some working alongside Dino Beganovic.
21-year-old Beganovic is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy who will contest his first full season in Formulation 2 with Hitech in 2025.
The day won’t solely present Beganovic with some vital time to familiarise himself with F1 equipment, but additionally allow him to finish the mileage he must qualify for a Tremendous Licence.
Ferrari are but to formally verify their reserve driver choices for 2025.
Oliver Bearman carried out the function in 2024 and substituted for Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia, however Ferrari want options after the Briton secured a full-time seat with Haas for the upcoming marketing campaign.
Whereas Giovinazzi has all the time been a potential fall-back for Ferrari, Beganovic may emerge as one other candidate for the Scuderia.
Beganovic can be prone to be handed some FP1 outings this 12 months to fulfil Ferrari’s necessary younger driver quota.
Zhou Guanyu has additionally been linked with the function after dropping his Sauber seat.
In the meantime, Hamilton and Leclerc will get additional working at Barcelona in a Pirelli 2026 tyre check alongside McLaren subsequent Tuesday and Wednesday (4-5 February).