The Monegasque pilots Charles and Arthur Leclerc They will make F1 history this Friday in the first free practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by becoming the first brothers to share a team in the competition’s 75-year history, Scuderia Ferrari announced on Wednesday. Arthur Leclerc will be replaced Carlos Sainz who will give up the SF-24 for Practice-1 this Friday and will be teammates with his three-year-old brother.
The Scuderia is taking advantage of the last event of the year to comply with FIA regulations on fielding a ‘rookie’ in two official practices throughout the campaign. At the Mexican Grand Prix, they gave the Englishman a chance Oliver Bearmanwho replaced Leclerc, and at Yas Marina he will be the youngest of Leclerc coming in instead of Sainz for FP1. Bearman was ineligible for three Grands Prix this season with Ferrari and later with Haas to cover the loss of Kevin Magnussen.
Arthur Leclerc24, competed in Formula 2 last season and is currently a Ferrari development driver, supporting the team in the Maranello simulator while competing in the Italian GT championship.
There was a precedent for two brothers competing at the same time in F1, the Germans Michael and Ralf Schumacher, but they did not fight for the same team. Mexicans Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez raced for Ferrari, but not at the same time respectively.
Source: La Verdad
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