Ferrari added British 18-year-old Oliver Bearman to their roster of Formula 1 reserve drivers ready to step in for race regulars Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
Bearman, a Formula 2 driver, joins ex-F1 racer Antonio Giovinazzi and Robert Shwartzman who are both taking part in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) this year with the Scuderia's Hypercar team.
This season has a record 24 grands prix, some of them clashing with the world endurance calendar, and Bearman will be present at those that feature F2 on the support programme.
Leclerc's younger brother Arthur, 23, has joined as a development driver alongside Italians Antonio Fuoco and Davide Rigon, with all three working in the simulator at Maranello when not racing in Italian GT and world endurance.
Ferrari are carrying out a three-day tyre test with Pirelli at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya next week using last year's SF23 car and the 2022 F1-75. Bearman will drive the latter on Wednesday.
Bearman. who last year did FP1 sessions with the Haas F1 Team, has been part of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy since the end of 2021 and took part in a private test at the team’s famed test circuit in Fiorano last year.
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