Ferrari confirm Bearman as reserve and Leclerc as development driver

Ahead of the beginning of the 2024 F1 season, Ferrari have confirmed the additions to the ranks of their Reserve and Development drivers with Oliver Bearman and Arthur Leclerc set to work in help of race drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz over the course of the season.

Ferrari presently have two reserve drivers with Antonio Giovinazzi and Robert Shwartzman sharing this position. The Italian and the Russo-Israeli racing driver are additionally collaborating within the WEC (World Endurance Championship) on the wheel of the Ferrari 499 P Hypercar, numbers 51 and 83 respectively.

The Scuderia have now revealed that Oliver Bearman will be a part of the ranks, finishing the three-driver group of reserve drivers. The Ferrari Driver Academy scholar races in Formula 2 with the Prema group

Furthermore, former Ferrari Academy member Arthur Leclerc, youthful brother of five-time F1 race winner Charles Leclerc, is becoming a member of Antonio Fuoco and Davide Rigon within the position of Development Driver. The job entails primarily working within the simulator, on automotive development, set-up work and updates launched through the season. The Monegasque can also be racing this yr within the Italian GT championship in a Scuderia Baldini 27. Fuoco is racing within the Hyperclass in WEC within the quantity 50 499 P. whereas Rigon races in the identical sequence, however within the LMGT3 class within the Vista AF Corse GT3 group.

Bearman and Leclerc will begin racking up miles for the Scuderia, as the group is tackling a 3 day Pirelli take a look at session on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit.

On 29 and 30 January, Ferrari race driver Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc can be on the wheel of final yr’s SF23, finishing up checks for the game’s sole tyre provider. Also on the twenty ninth, Arthur Leclerc will get his very first style of driving a Formula 1 automotive, from the cockpit of the 2022 F1-75. On Tuesday thirtieth, Charles Leclerc and Sainz will share each the SF23 and the F1-75, whereas on thirty first Oliver Bearman can be alone on observe within the F1-75.