Sauber has announced that Adderly Fong will drive for the team durin🐓g FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Fong competed in the first four rounds of the GP3 season, while also racing in the Audi R8 LMS Cꦆup in Asia, where🦹 he is currently sixth in the standings. Having driven a two-year-old Sauber in Valencia in October, Fong says he is expecting a big difference when he gets to test a current car but is ready for the challenge.

"I am very excited about my Formula One debut in Abu Dhabi, but also at the same time a little bit nervous," Fong said. "Last month I drove the Sauber C31 for the first time in Valencia, and it was good to get the mileage to be able to familiarise꧅ myself with the speed of a Formula One car. Obviously the C33 ཧis a bit different, as it is a new generation car with a 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engine. It will be interesting to see how the ERS and the brake-by-wire systems work.

"As I will have only 90 minutes in FP1, I will not have a lot of time to get used to the car. However, being able to drive during a Formula One weekend is a great privilege, and I am very happy to have the opportunity. It is good that I alr▨eady know the track as at the same time here last year I did a GP3 race."