Red Bull tests its young shoots

Daniel Ricciardo et Brendon Hartley, associated in 2010 with Tech 1 Racing to compete in the Formula season Renault 3.5 Series, will meet from December 1 to 3 in Jerez. According to Autosport, the two hopes of Red Bull Junior Team will carry out the tests there F1 reserved for young pilots. Ricciardo will pilot the car Red Bull, Hartley that of Toro Rosso.

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner admitted earlier in the season that Daniel Ricciardo was a serious contender to perform this test. “ Dan does a very good job F3 and as well as in the simulator (F1). We will look at what he will do at the end of the season and perhaps offer him a test during a day reserved for young drivers. » 2009 winner of the British Formula 3 International Series (watch in video), the Australian has proven himself and will now be able to move to the next level.

In Jerez, he will be accompanied by Brendon Hartley, his future teammate at Tech 1 Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. The New Zealander will drive the Toro Rosso single-seater. After Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, who arrived in the premier single-seater category in 2009 via the Red Bull Junior Team, the energy drink brand does not want to stop there.