All the attention of the motorsport world, as it should be, is aimed at F1. They pass accordingly lightly the minor categories, that is Formula 2 e Formula 3. In these two categories, the top flight teams race their own talents to accustom them to what it means to compete with certain standards.
10 races to give young people a chance: time is running out!
Precisely because of the little notoriety given to these little stars, many of them they completely step out of the spotlight and risking being so forgotten. To avoid all this, Liberty Medium it's the same FIA have decided to introduce an obligation to the teams: they will have to field a rookie in at least two Free Practice 1 during the season. Precisely because of this rule, last season, in Abu Dhabi, the last event on the calendar, many teams had to have their rookies take to the track to comply with this obligation.
This year, with sun 10 races in the end, the teams find each other again in the same situation. To date, only the Mercedes announced that one of its reserve pilots, Frederick News, will take to the track with the W14 in Mexico. Yesterday, Ferrari also announced that Shwartzman will take to the track in the FP1s in Holland and Abu Dhabi. Most likely it will not be just the German company that will rest one of his flagship jewels, but it will do so most teams.
Rookie in FP1, will we try to abolish the rule?
Furthermore, the race in Mexico City is a race less technical of the others scheduled. If we go and see where we will compete until the end of the championship, we will find 3 weekend with Sprint Race included e 2 weekend su city circuits. We must then count appointments as Suzuka, always track a lot complicated even for the most experienced, but also Zandvoort e Monza. The first is also a very circuit technical, In the second Pirelli will bring new ones tyres for the 2024 and the pilots will do everything to immediately understand the sensations with the new sets. That leaves only Mexico and once again Abu Dhabi, where the teams will have to give up a seat to their reserve drivers to let them ride on the track.
There is a risk that new faces may be seen on some city circuits high, and we know how much confidence it takes to drive on circuits like that of Singapore or even Las Vegas, which enters the F1 calendar from this year. This, together with the few grand prizes available to comply with the regulations, is one of the reasons why all the teams are coalesced to try to change the rule, if not abolish it.
ARTICLE BY FRANCESCO ORLANDO
SOURCE: Motorsport.com
