New driver handed Ferrari FP1 outing at an F1 grand prix

Thi𝄹s would be Dino Beganovic's second experience in ꧙a grand prix car.

Dino Beganovic
Dino Beganovic
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Ferrari Academy driver Dino Beganovic will make his maiden Formula 1 practice appearance at next🃏 month’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Beganovic, wh🔴o is racing in Formula 2 with Hitech this year, will replace Charles Leclerc in the opening practice at the Bahrain International Circuit on 11 April.

The announcement follows the Swedish driver sampling an older-spec Ferrari F1 car for the first time in a closed-door test at Barcelona in January. There, he was joined by Ferrari’s r꧋ace drivers Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

Like all teams, Ferrari is required to give young drivers four FP1 outings over the course of the 2025 seᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚason, up from two last꧃ year.

Last year, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oliver Bearman and Arthur Leclerc completed mandatory FP1 running with Ferrari, while Robert Shwartzman and even 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc benefited from this rule in the past.

Beganovic first joined Fe🐷rrari’s young driver programme in 2020 fol🔯lowing his step up to single-seater machinery.

He clinched the Formula Regional European Championship on his second attempt in 2023 and won multiple races i𝓰n Formula 3 last year en route to sixth in the championship.

He made h🐷is F2 debut in the penultimate round of 2024, replacing Juan Manuel Cor⛦rea at DAMS, and scored a podium in just his second weekend in the series in Abu Dhabi.

In 2025, he is contesting the full F2 seaso༒n with Hitech, where he is teamed up with Williams junior Luke🐼 Browning.

Beganovic’s FP1 debut in Bahrain will make him just the second Swede to drive a Ferrari F1 car in an official session after Stefan Johannson, 🅘who raced for the team✅ in 1985-86.

Ronnie Peterson, who also hails fro▨m Sweden, represented Ferrari in endurance racing and was part of its factory team 🌃at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1970.

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