On Friday, Ferrari reserve driver Robert Schwartzman was with the team in Interlagos, replacing one of the main pilots when necessary, and on Sunday the young driver was behind the wheel of the Ferrari 499P hypercar during the one-day FIA WEC. rookie tests in Bahrain.
For the driver, who drives under an Israeli license, this was his first experience driving a hypercar. Shvartsman drove his best lap in the afternoon session, posting a time of 1:48.559 seconds. This result was 0.066 seconds faster than the best time of the morning session, which was set by Will Stevens in a Porsche 963 hypercar.
Among those for whom today’s tests marked their debut behind the wheel of an FIA WEC car was MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. The Italian racer tested the WRT team’s Oreca 07 Gibson in the LMP2 category. Valentino rode his best lap eight-tenths slower than the best result of his teammate Charles Virts.
Source: F1 News
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