Brendon Hartley has joined
Ferrari and will be driving in their simulator in the 2019 season.
Last season
Daniil Kvyat and
Antonio Giovinazzi were driving in the simulator for
Ferrari Last season and now both have racing seats for 2019. Ferrari have therefore signed four drivers to take over these roles.
Ferrari’s team principal Mattia Binotto said to readmotorsport:
“Our team has taken on four undoubtedly talented drivers, who possess innate feeling, with a strong understanding of race cars and tracks. “These are exactly the qualities required in the skilful role of driving in a simulator, one of the vital pieces of equipment in the Formula 1 of today”.
It will be interesting to see if Hartley can emulate the path of Kvyat and use this role as a route back into Formula 1.