Participants in the Silverstone tests

Two days are organized tomorrow at Silverstone. Several young drivers are expected on the track, including Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc.

Published on 11/07/2016 à 17:08

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Participants in the Silverstone tests

A few hours after the British Grand Prix, the teams F1 will return to the Silverstone track tomorrow for two days of testing on the British track. The opportunity for training to offer driving time to test and development pilots.

At Mercedes, Esteban Ocon was confirmed, while Charles Leclerc, after having been able to test the Haas VF16 in free practice 1 last Friday, will be aligned with the Ferrari SF16-H alongside Kimi Räikkönen.

Red Bull will trust Pierre Gasly, crowned with his first victory in the GP2 Series last weekend, while the other residents of the championship Alex Lynn (Williams) and Sergey Sirotkin (Renault) and Jordan King (Manor) will also be in action. Sauber had indicated that it would not participate in these tests.

Note that Pascal Wehrlein will ride on a 2014 Mercedes, with a program dedicated to 2017 Pirelli tires.

The drivers entered at Silverstone:

Mercedes: Esteban Ocon – Pascal Wehrlein

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc – Kimi Räikkönen

Red Bull: Pierre Gasly

McLaren : Fernando Alonso – Stoffel Vandoorne

Williams: Valtteri Bottas –Alex Lynn

Renault: Sergey Sirotkin – Jolyon Palmer

Toro Rosso : Carlos Sainz Jr – Sergio Sette Camara

Force India: Nikita mazepin

Manor: Rio Haryanto – Jordan King

Haas: Santino Ferrucci

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