Aston Martin has confirmed that Jak Crawford will take part in FP1 on the Austrian Grand Prix, driving Lance Stroll’s AMR26.
The session will mark Crawford’s fourth FP1 look for the workforce and his second of the 2026 season. It additionally represents the second of the workforce’s 4 mandated rookie observe periods this yr.
Contemporary from finishing a Pirelli tyre check with the workforce in Barcelona earlier this week, Crawford will return to the cockpit in Austria, a circuit he is aware of properly by earlier testing programmes and his F2 and F3 campaigns, the place he claimed victories in each classes.
The outing additionally comes two years after Jak’s first expertise in an Aston Martin F1 automotive, when he examined the AMR22 on the Crimson Bull Ring in June 2024.
Since then, the American has grow to be an integral a part of the workforce’s driver improvement programme and has collected greater than 3,800 kilometres in F1 equipment, putting him as probably the most skilled younger drivers outdoors the present grid.
„It is nice to have one other alternative to drive the AMR26 throughout a race weekend,“ stated Crawford. „Austria is a circuit I do know properly and it is fairly particular to be returning to the Crimson Bull Ring with the workforce, virtually two years after my first check in an Aston Martin F1 automotive.
„I’ve spent plenty of time within the simulator this season supporting the workforce and just lately accomplished the tyre check in Barcelona, so I am trying ahead to making use of that work on observe. Each alternative in a Method One automotive is efficacious, and I will be targeted on delivering helpful suggestions and maximising the session for the workforce.“
„Jak continues to play an essential position as third driver and this FP1 session is one other precious step in that course of,“ added Mike Krack. „He has been closely concerned in our simulator programme all through the season and just lately accomplished productive operating through the Pirelli tyre check in Barcelona.
„Austria supplies one other alternative for us to judge his progress in a race weekend setting whereas gathering precious knowledge for the workforce.“
