Hopes for the Calabrian driver, Antonio Fuoco, who could be behind the wheel of the Ferrari SF-24 in free practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prixthe last round of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship, which will take place on 8 December. The talented Cariati will take the place of the Spaniard Carlos Sainz in FP1 (first free practice session). Ferrari must still, in compliance with the regulations, clear the second free practice session with a rookie from this 2024 World Championship on track. And it will do so during the last GP of the season which will take place in Abu Dhabi. During FP1 on the Yas Marina circuit therefore in place of Carlos Sainz there will be a rookie driver who, however, cannot be the young Briton who will be on the grid on a permanent basis next year having been hired by Haas to team up with Esteban Ocon, but rather an atypical “rookie”.
Yes, because Ollie Bearman, having contested the Brazilian Formula 1 GP with Haas in place of the unavailable Kevin Magnussen, contested his third F1 GP of the season (he had replaced Sainz on the Ferrari in Jeddah and the same Dane from Haas in Baku , on the weekend in which the latter was disqualified having reached the maximum number of penalty points on his Superlicence) thus losing his rookie status (the regulation in fact states that to be considered such he must have played a maximum of 2 Formula 1 grand prix in his career). So the choice could fall on the Calabrian driver.
In Maranello they reserve the right to make official who will be the rookie who will drive the SF-24 in Abu Dhabi: among the other possible candidates is the younger brother of Charles Leclerc, who has already highlighted himself in the WEC rookie tests with the 499P. Arthur already has a good knowledge of the red single-seaters as a development driver. And the presence of the two Leclercs together on the track could be a nice attraction.