Antonio Giovinazzi is ready to make his F1 return with Haas in Italy and the USA.
The 28-year-old has served because the Ferrari reserve driver this season whereas additionally racing in Formulation E after leaving Alfa Romeo on the finish of 2021.
With a view to create house for the Italian, each Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen will sit out an FP1 session.
Giovinazzi most just lately drove in an official F1 session eventually 12 months’s controversial season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
“I’m so glad to have the prospect to drive once more in official F1 periods,” stated Giovinazzi.
“Moreover simulator driving, it is very important check a real automobile and I can’t wait to place my go well with and helmet again on.
“It’ll be a possibility to get assured with the brand new era vehicles – it’s one of the best ways to be prepared if I have been known as as reserve driver. Driving on difficult and thrilling tracks as Monza and COTA makes it much more thrilling.”
Haas relishing Giovinazzi return
Haas has earlier expertise with Giovinazzi because the 28-year-old lapped for the staff in FP1 periods in 2017.
Reflecting on this relationship, staff principal Guenther Steiner added: “We’re completely satisfied to welcome Antonio Giovinazzi again to the staff for the 2 FP1 outings.
“Ferrari was eager to provide Antonio some seat time in a current-spec Formulation 1 automobile on a race weekend and we have been naturally completely satisfied to help.
“We loved an analogous scenario again in 2017 with Antonio and Ferrari. The clear distinction between then and now could be the expertise he’ll have gained competing for the earlier three seasons in Formulation 1 and the suggestions he’ll be capable of give us in Italy and America.
“I’m wanting ahead to seeing Antonio once more and having him again within the paddock with us.”
This transfer doesn’t fulfill the brand new F1 regulation for 2022 that mandates groups should run a rookie in at the least two FP1 periods.
For the avoidance of doubt, F1 defines a rookie as somebody that “could not have participated in additional than two F1 world championship races throughout their profession”.