Ferrari is staging a particular programme for 4 younger drivers this week because it goals to seek out „probably the most promising younger drivers who may at some point drive for Scuderia Ferrari in Method 1.“
The 4 drivers come from 4 totally different nations, Australia, Belgium, Italy and the UK. They arrived in Maranello on Monday, on the Scuderia Ferrari headquarters to participate on this yr’s World Scouting Camp, the ultimate instalment of the scouting programme by Ferrari’s Driver Academy, programme.
The younger driver programme was established again in 2009 with „the intention of discovering probably the most promising younger drivers who may at some point drive for Scuderia Ferrari in Method 1.“
The 16-year-old Ethan Jeff-Corridor comes from the UK, and has not too long ago made the headlines because the shock winner of the karting world title within the OK class on the PF Worldwide circuit in England. He additionally received the 2023 RMC Worldwide Trophy and got here second within the British Rotax Junior class. This yr, he additionally made his automotive racing debut, profitable the Ginetta Junior championship with six wins and 14 podiums.
14 yr previous Italian Iacopo Martinese received this yr’s OK Junior class within the European championship at France’s Val d’Argenton circuit. He already bought himself observed two years in the past, taking the Italian title within the Mini GR3 class.
One other 14-year-old, Thibaut Ramaekers comes from Belgium. In 2023 he received the IAME Karting Winter Cup and was a entrance runner in European races.
19-year-old Costa Toparis is the Australian 2022 champion within the KA2 class and this season he raced within the European Method Regional championship, securing one podium end, having made his automotive debut in Method 4 two seasons in the past. Toparis is clearly probably the most skilled of the quartet, having already taken half within the remaining a part of Ferrari’s scouting programme in 2021.
The 4 children arrived at By way of Enzo Ferrari 27 in Maranello to be welcomed by Jock Clear, the pinnacle of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy, Deputy Staff Principal Jerome d’Ambrosio and different Academy employees. The analysis course of started on Tuesday, to evaluate their bodily and psychological means, their suitability to life as a racing driver, as nicely seeing how they address the all-important sidebars of coping with sponsors and media.
On Tuesday they are going to get their first take a look at Fiorano with a monitor stroll, prior to really driving it over the subsequent two days, in a race weekend simulation. They are going to be on the wheel of Method 4 automobiles supplied by the Prema crew, fitted with the identical tyres as used within the Italian championship, equipped by Pirelli, a Ferrari scouting programme accomplice.
Dino Beganovic, who has been competing in Method 3 this yr with the Prema crew, would be the reference driver for this occasion, first out on monitor on each days to set occasions for the 4 candidates to intention at.
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