Alexander Rossi will drive Lotus car in upcoming Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi – Formula 1 news
GP2 Series driver Alexander Rossi will drive Formula 1 Lotus car in the upcoming Young Drivers Test, which will take place the week after the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from November 15 to 17 at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Other than Rossi, a lot of other drivers are confirmed to take part in the Young Drivers Test, which include Jean-Eric Vergne, who will test Red Bull, Jules Bianchi at Ferrari, Mirko Bortolotti at Williams, Sam Bird at Mercedes, Fabio Leimer at Sauber,
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs at Virgin and Stefano Coletti at Toro Rosso.
The Renault World Series driver Rossi is very excited about the upcoming test. He said that he is happy at the moment as he recently confirmed for the Young Drivers Test and now he will fight in Abu Dhabi with Caterham Team AirAsia.
The American commented, “After the positive GP2 tests in Jerez and Barcelona I feel we have a good chance of a strong result in the GP2 races and I will definitely be going into the weekend fully focused and motivated for a race win - looking at the team's
past results I see no reason why we can't achieve that.”
The 20-year-old driver further added that for the F1 test he is looking to learn as much as possible in Abu Dhabi test, do the best job he can and soak up every minute in and out of the Lotus car.
On the other hand, Lotus chief and Team AirAsia team principal Riad Asmat added that they are very excited to have Alexander Rossi back on board for the Abu Dhabi GP2 race and the following Formula 1 test.
He stated, “He worked very well with the GP2 team during the tests in Spain and it will be great to continue that working relationship in addition to giving him more exposure to the F1 environment with Team Lotus.”
Asmat also mentioned that they wanted to give a chance to Rossi to experience the pressure of F1 environment.
Let’s see how Rossi manages the test with the Lotus car in the upcoming Abu Dhabi Young Drivers Test.
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