At the start of 2022, the FIA approved a change to the sporting regulations that would give fresh talent the chance to get behind the wheel of an F1 car. Unfortunately, we won’t quite make the cut.
During two FP1 sessions this season, every team on the grid have to give up one of their cars to make way for a rookie driver. To be qualified for this awesome opportunity, the rookie driver can’t have taken part in more than two Grand Prix and will have to have enough Super Licence points. No chance of Fernando Alonso trying to sneak in as a “young driver” again…
Here’s how many rookies in FP1 each team have used so far this year:
Driver: Nyck de Vries
Event: French Grand Prix
Replaced: Lewis Hamilton
Driver: Nyck de Vries
Event: Mexican Grand Prix
Replaced: George Russell
Driver: Juri Vips
Event: Spanish Grand Prix
Replaced: Sergio Perez
Driver: Robert Shwartzman
Event: United States Grand Prix
Replaced: Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Race Director, Laurent Mekies, confirmed that Shwartzman would be completing two FP1 sessions for the team in 2022, but it kinda got swallowed up by the whole Oscar Piastri rollercoaster. The location of Shwartzman’s second FP1 session hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Driver: Alex Palou
Event: United States Grand Prix
Replaced: Daniel Ricciardo
Driver: Pato O’Ward
Event: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Replacing: Lando Norris
Driver: Jack Doohan
Event: Mexican Grand Prix
Replacing: Esteban Ocon
Driver: Jack Doohan
Event: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Replacing: Fernando Alonso
Driver: Nyck de Vries
Event: Italian Grand Prix
Replaced: Sebastian Vettel
Driver: Felipe Drugovich
Event: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Replacing: Lance Stroll
Driver: Liam Lawson
Event: Belgian Grand Prix
Replaced: Pierre Gasly
Driver: Liam Lawson
Event: Mexican Grand Prix
Replaced: Yuki Tsunoda
Driver: Theo Pourchaire
Event: United States Grand Prix
Replaced: Valtteri Bottas
Driver: Nyck de Vries
Event: Spanish Grand Prix
Replaced: Alex Albon
Driver: Logan Sargeant
Event: United States Grand Prix
Replaced: Nicholas Latifi
Driver: Pietro Fittipaldi
Event: Mexican Grand Prix
Replaced: Kevin Magnussen
Driver: Pietro Fittipaldi
Event: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Replacing: Mick Schumacher
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