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Ricciardo and Hartley confirmed as reserve drivers
Jan 26th
RedBull have announced that Daniel Ricciardo will be their reserve driver this year, while Brendon Hartley from New Zealand will be the reserve driver for Torro Rosso,
Ricciardo had a very successful 2009, becoming the British Formula 3 Champion and then going on to top the time sheets driving Red Bull’s Formula1 car during the young driver tests at Jerez at the end of last year.
Hartley on the other hand was the third driver for Red Bull and Toro Rosso briefly last year, but was later replaced by Jaime Alguersuari.
Red Bull said in a statement: “Daniel and Brendon will sit-in on the briefings and debriefs, attend driver meetings and familiarise themselves with the everyday workings of the garage and pit wall,”
The two drivers most likely won’t see much time in the cockpit unless their role as reserve driver is required at a GP due to limited testing this year, however it is still a very good stepping stone for both drivers on their way to potential full-time F1 drives.
The Red Bull and Torro Roso Formul1 teams now employ 3 drivers form neighbouring countries, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo from Australia whilst Brendon Hartley is from New Zealand.
Ricciardo has mentioned in an interview with Western Australian press that Mark Webber is one of his idols, Daniel may just be the man who replaces Mark at RedBull when that time comes.
Red Bull won’t be at the first round of tests in Spain starting next week, instead they will be focusing more on the development of the car at their base.
Jerez December test, less then a week away
Nov 26th
The testing at Jerez in Spain only a week away there are a lot of young drivers getting excited.
We are excited about Aussie Daniel Ricciardo testing for RedBull, he just claimed the British Formula3 World Championship this year and we think he is not far off an F1 seat if he can prove himself next week.
Ferrari are testing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place championship finishers in this years Italian Formula 3 Championship and Williams are testing Nico Hülkenberg who has already been confirmed as their driver for 2010 partnering with Rubens Barrichello.
Despite pulling out of Formula1, BMW has kept it’s promise to allow Mario Alexander Rossi and Esteban Gutiérrez a test. BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen said ”Depriving these junior drivers of the test we had promised them was not an option for us, even after the withdrawal of BMW from Formula One,”
Updated: Mercedes have announced their drivers as Mike Conway and Marcus Ericsson, McLaren are TBC and Ferrari have added a forth driver, Jules Bianchi.
The teams and drivers testing in Jerez from next Tuesday are as follows:
Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
Brendon Hartley
Mirko Bortolotti
Brawn GP/Mercedes:
Mike Conway
Marcus Ericsson
BMW Sauber
Esteban Gutiérrez
Alexander Rossi
Renault
Bertrand Baguette
Ferrari
Pablo Sanchez-Lopez
Daniel Zampieri
Marco Zipoli
Jules Bianchi.
Williams
Nico Hülkenberg
Andy Soucek
Force India
Paul di Resta
JR’ Hildebrand
We will be following testing very closely next week and give you live updates throughout the two days.
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