Charles Leclerc will get pleasure from an emotional FP1 session in Abu Dhabi together with his youthful brother Arthur set to drive alongside him for Ferrari – marking the primary time brothers have taken half in an F1 session as staff mates.
Arthur Leclerc, 24, can be turning out for the Scuderia within the first follow session on the Yas Marina Circuit instead of Carlos Sainz, fulfilling the staff’s second and last mandated rookie driver session this 12 months.
FIA laws state that each one F1 drivers should sit out one FP1 every season for a rookie who has not more than two Grand Prix begins, with Leclerc making method for incoming Haas driver Ollie Bearman again in Mexico.
Nonetheless, with Bearman having now taken half in a 3rd Grand Prix since then – the Brit subbed in for an unwell Kevin Magnussen at Haas in Brazil – it meant Ferrari must choose a special driver to finish their FP1 obligations.