Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman, who is currently second in the FIA Formula 2 drivers’ standings, will get the opportunity to test the Ferrari SF21 car next week, as he slits driving duties with the Maranello team’s specialist simulator driver, Antonio Fuoco.
Robert Shwartzman has already driven a Ferrari Formula 1 car two times this season. However, but in both cases – in January at Fiorano and in September at the Imola circuit – it was a Ferrari car from the 2018 championship. The 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion also drove the Italian side’s SF1000 at last year’s end of season Abu Dhabi test.
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Robert Shwartzman said: “I am extremely happy to do another test with Scuderia Ferrari. It’s an honour to be able to drive this F1 car but also a big responsibility and I am therefore extremely grateful for the trust Ferrari has put in me. I will certainly try to enjoy it as much as possible while aiming to do a good job of acquiring data for the team.” – he explained.
A few weeks ago it was announced that he would drive the Haas VF-21 in the young driver test on Tuesday.
The 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion has scored seven podium finishes and took two victories during the current season, and sits behind teammate Oscar Piastri, Alpine’s 2022 reserve driver, in the overall standings. He finished P2 in Sunday’s feature race in Jeddah, which was shortened to 20 minutes after the original race was red-flagged following a frightening startline shunt, where the stalled Theo Pourchaire was collected by the unsighted Enzo Fittipaldi.
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