Luiz Razia to drive for Team Lotus during Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi – Formula 1 news
Luiz Razia will be driving for Team Lotus at Abu Dhabi during the Young Drivers Test after the next weekend’s Grand Prix.
Team Lotus has already announced Alexander Rossi to field during the November15-17 sessions, and now have also included Razia who will be getting a day of running as well.
Prior to the Grand Prix weekend Rossi and Razia will be racing for Team Lotus' GP2 arm AirAsia in the non-championship event in Abu Dhabi. Razia already was part of the AirAsia team in GP2 this year and managed to take two podium finishes, ending 12th in
the standings.
He also was a part of Virgin for last winter’s young driver Formula 1 Tests and drove for Lotus in the Chinese Grand Prix Friday practice. Team boss Riad Asmat mentioned that Razia is a talented driver and has earned the opportunity given to him.
“Luiz has been a key player in the 2011 season in helping grow our GP2 team from a starting point of an empty factory in late 2010 to finishing sixth in our first championship,” said Asmat.
He further mentioned that Razia has been in involved in the F1 operation both by sitting through briefings with the engineers at various briefings and did a great job in China in FP1.
The experience he is gaining is imperative for his grooming. It will go a long way in his bid to be a part of Formula 1 one day.
“I am sure he will perform extremely well for us in both the GP2 event and in the F1 car and we are all looking forward to seeing him successfully complete this next stage of his development. I believe this is confirmation of all the good progress we have
made this year and I am very pleased to be working with the team again,” he said.
It will be interesting to see how well he performs and if Razia’s career takes a jumpstart through this stint to be a more permanent part of Team Lotus in the future.
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