Max Verstappen will skip FP1 at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday.

The Formula 1 champion will be replaced in his Red Bull by Ayumu Iwasa for the session.

Multiple teams are choosing to fulfil their obligations to rookie drivers in F1 pr🐻actice sessio꧋ns this weekend.

FP1 in Bahrain is held at a different time, in ex🐻pected warmer conditions, than qualifying or the grand prix so is somewhat unreprese🍬ntative of what will follow.

It therefore represents a goo𒆙d opportunity for F1 teams, including Red Bull, to give their future talent a go🌊, as the rules permit they must.

Merce𓂃des, Ferrari, Red Bu♑ll, Haas, Aston Martin, and Williams will all field a young driver in FP1 in Bahrain.

Max Verstappen skips FP1 at F1 Bahrain GP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Verstappen and the🐟 other senior F1 drivers will rꦰeturn for the second practice session.

Verstappen’s replac🎐ement Iwasa is no🅺 stranger to F1 sessions, though.

The Japanese driver has completed FP1 duties for Red Bull’s sister team, in Japan and🅠 Abu Dhabi, last year🦹.

Iwaꦏsa also drove in the 2024 postseason Abu Dhabi test.

But this will be his first time in the R𒅌ed Bull - he becomes the latest driver, 🎃after Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, to handle the difficult RB21.

Tsunoda, Verstap♊pen’s newest teammate, will remain in his car for FP1 as he clocks up valuable laps in the RB21.

Bahrain is just Tsunoda’s second round driving for Red Bull🍃 after replacing Lawson, who is back at Racing Bꦍulls.

Although Tsunoda has received backing already, he will want to immediately out-perform Racing Bulls’ Lawson and get as close as possible to Verstappen🧸 in Bahrain.