F1 seeks incredible talent

The Jerez tests, from Tuesday to Thursday, will allow F1 to come out of the garage, a month after the end of the championship in Abu Dhabi. Since then, many drivers have been confirmed or called up, but the Jerez tests will feature young drivers, F1 hopefuls and/or rewarded for their performances this season.

Among the 18 pilots called, for the moment, to go to Spain this week, only Nico Hulkenberg is certain to be in Formula 1 next season, the German driver having been established at Williams alongside Rubens Barrichello. The GP2 Series champion will be present for two days in Jerez, while five drivers have been called up for the three days. Here is the summary table, as presented by the Jerez circuit.

                       Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Sauber-BMW  Alexander Red        Esteban Gutierrez       To be confirmed

Brawn gp       Mike conway (m)      Mike Conway (m)       Mike Conway (morning)
                      Marcus Ericsson (a)    Marcus Ericsson (a)    Marcus Ericsson (afternoon)

Ferrari            Jules Bianchi         Jules Bianchi                Daniel Zampieri
                                                                                     Marco Zipoli
                                                                                     Pablo Sanchez Lopez

Force India    JR Hildebrand (m)     JR Hildebrand (m)     JR Hildebrand (m)
                      Paul di Resta (a) Paul di Resta Paul di Resta (a)

McLaren         To be confirmed           To be confirmed               To be confirmed

Red Bull         Daniel Ricciardo         Daniel Ricciardo        Daniel Ricciardo

Renault          Bertrand Baguette     Lucas di Grassi          Lucas di Grassi (+ Ho-Pin Tung)

Toro Rosso     Brendon Hartley       Mirko Bortolotti          Mirko Bortolotti

Williams         Andy Soucek            Nico Hülkenberg        Nico Hülkenberg