It is up in news that Russian Sergey Sirotkin has been marked by Renault as a test driver and will participate in first practice at his home great prix this weekend.
The 20-year-old, who races in the GP2 feeder arrangement, will drive Kevin Magnussen’s car at Sochi on Friday. Renault said Sirotkin had joined on a “long haul improvement arrangement”, however has given no points of interest of any F1 excursions.
The team as of now has an official third and store driver in Frenchman Esteban Ocon, who is on advance from Mercedes.
Renault racing executive Frederic Vasseur depicted Sirotkin as “a standout amongst the most encouraging drivers from the lesser classes”.
Sirotkin said: “This is a great opportunity for me, although it has all come together so quickly. I still can’t quite believe it.
“This is, however, the moment that all young racing drivers are working towards, and I am determined to learn as much as I can, as quickly as I can.”
Sirotkin beforehand had a comparative association with Sauber, who marked him in 2013 in an organization with Russian financial specialists with a perspective to him racing for the team the next year.
Nonetheless, despite the fact that he joined in first practice at the 2014 Russian Grand Prix, he split with the Swiss team soon a short time later. Sirotkin, who is as of now racing in the GP2 competition for French team Art Grand Prix, as of now guided F1 bolides as a component of showing laps in 2013 inside the casings of an organization contract to advance the inaugural 2014 F1 Sochi GP. In 2014 he was a test pilot for F1 team Sauber however association was separated because of monetary issues.
This year Russia is holding its FIA Formula One racing Grand Prix without precedent for spring, in particular on April 29-May 1, as contrasted and the two past races held in fall of 2014 and 2015 in Sochi.
