Robin Frijns rewarded with Red Bull test – Formula 1 news
The Red Bull Racing team has given Robin Frijns, the driver of the Renault World series fame, a chance to test for them in next month’s Young Driver test at Abu Dhabi.
The test was earned by Frijns as a reward after he recently became successful in attaining the Formula Renault 3.5 title. Red Bull had offered an official test at Yas Marina to the driver who wins the title at the end of the season provided that he is not
in deal with any of the other rival Formula 1 teams.
At the time of the announcement, Jules Bianchi had been leading the championship but even if he had won, he would not have qualified for the test as he has close connections to Ferrari and Force India.
Obviously, Frijns qualifies for the test having snatched the title from Bianchi and having no association with Formula 1. He had the chance to drive a Red Bull 2010 car RB6 earlier this year on Moscow raceway. This chance was also a reward when at time he
was leading the Renault 3.5 half way through its season and was the first time he got to drive a Formula 1 car.
The driver has also been confirmed by the Sauber F1 team to test with them at the Abu Dhabi Young Driver test along with Esteban Gutierrez who is the third reserve driver for the team. Frijns is now looking forward to two attempts at impressing the respective
Formula 1 teams.
Frijns started his racing career with Karting and stepped into the Formula racing by driving for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season. In 2011, continuing with his team, he joined Formula Renault 2.0 in which he won the title. This
year he shifted to the Formula Renault 3.5 also changing his team to Fortec Motorsports. He remained on the top for the championship battling with Bianchi half way through the season. Despite his controversy with the rival driver, he was able to move ahead
from his second place and claim the title. This makes him the first driver to win Renault titles consecutively.
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