F1 team carry out private test with NEW drivers ahead of 2025 season

Ollie Bearman, Kimi Antonelli, Jack Doohan, Brazil, 2024 — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 team carry out private test with NEW drivers ahead of 2025 season

Haas F1 team are preparing their drivers for the 2025 season

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Monday 13 January 2025 19:54 Updated: 12:57

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A private testing session for a Formula 1 team has been revealed with a new driver confirmed among the lineup.

The 2025 grid now looks set for the upcoming season, with five young talents having been promoted into a seat to race in the pinnacle of motorsport.

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Among those talents is Ollie Bearman who, despite having never competed in a full season of F1, no longer counts as a rookie according to the FIA's definition, having competed in three grands prix in 2024.

The 19-year-old has signed with Haas for 2025 but served as a reserve driver for Ferrari as well last season, stepping in for a recovering Carlos Sainz and impressing at the Saudi Arabian GP.

The British racer then covered for former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen on two occasions, with the Danish star serving a race ban in Baku and being taken ill in Sao Paulo.

Ollie Bearman will race for Haas in his first full F1 season this year

Esteban Ocon completes the lineup having moved to Haas from Alpine

Haas reveal new driver test

As Bearman and new team-mate Ocon prepare for their first season with Haas, the pair are set to take to the track in a private test alongside Ritomo Miyata in Jerez, Spain.

The trio are set to test previous Haas cars this week on January 15th and 16th, Bearman taking to the wheel of the VF-23 on Wednesday and Ocon on Thursday.

As a result of the team's partnership with Toyota, Miyata, who races for Toyota GAZOO and is set to compete in F2 in 2025 with ART, will then finish the running on both days.

Hitting the track for the first time this year ??

Our first-ever TPC test takes place this week in Jerez, Spain! Ollie, Esteban and Toyota GAZOO Racing driver Ritomo Miyata will be running the VF-23 ?#HaasF1 #F1 | @OllieBearman @OconEsteban @M_Ritmo pic.twitter.com/9vqu6UOV7e
— MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) January 13, 2025