The driver line-ups for next week's Bahrain tyre test, organised by F1's sole supplier Pirelli, are taking shape.
The test was confirmed by the FIA on Monday after they agreed to change the 2013 F1 Sporting Regulations to allow Pirelli to carry out development work on their 2014 compounds.
It will be a three-day test that will take place at the Bahrain International Circuit between the 17-19 December.
Six teams were officially confirmed to be running in the test but since then, McLaren and Force India have both pulled out of participating.
Red Bull Racing, Mercedes, Ferrari and Toro Rosso will also complete the test. Data management and the schedule will be determined by Pirelli, in order for no team to gain a competitive advantage.
Of the four teams mentioned above, three have confirmed their driver line-ups.
Ferrari announced on Wednesday that they will run test driver Pedro de la Rosa, who joined the team at the beginning of 2013, and Driver Academy member Jules Bianchi. The Frenchman has been retained by Marussia for the 2014 season. It will be his first time driving for the most successful team in F1 since the 2012 Young Driver Test at Magny-Cours.
"De La Rosa’s work at the wheel of the F138 over the first two days will be important in terms of defining the continuation of the simulator development work began by the Spaniard in 2013," read a statement from the team.
"As for Bianchi, he drives on the final day and with a nod to the activity surrounding young driver development undertaken by the Ferrari Driver Academy, it will be an opportunity to demonstrate the progress he has made this year in Formula 1."
The team will give de la Rosa two days of running, with Bianchi taking over the F138 for the final day.
Meanwhile Red Bull Racing confirmed that, like Ferrari, they will not run their 2014 race drivers. With Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo taking some time off, former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi will take to the RB9 cockpit on all three days.
The Swiss will retain his reserve driver role with the Milton Keynes-based outfit but will be joined by Formula Renault 3.5 frontrunner Antonio Felix da Costa.
It will be his first time driving a current specification car for Red Bull and it will be his first serious running in F1 machinery since his final race for Toro Rosso in 2010.
His old team confirmed that they will run their 2014 drivers at the test, with Jean-Eric Vergne running on day one and GP3 champion Daniil Kvyat participating on the second and third days.
UPDATE:
On Monday 16th December Mercedes confirmed via Twitter that Nico Rosberg will complete all three days of the Bahrain tyre test for the team, at the wheel of their W04.
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It will be a three-day test that will take place at the Bahrain International Circuit between the 17-19 December.
Six teams were officially confirmed to be running in the test but since then, McLaren and Force India have both pulled out of participating.
Red Bull Racing, Mercedes, Ferrari and Toro Rosso will also complete the test. Data management and the schedule will be determined by Pirelli, in order for no team to gain a competitive advantage.
Of the four teams mentioned above, three have confirmed their driver line-ups.
Ferrari announced on Wednesday that they will run test driver Pedro de la Rosa, who joined the team at the beginning of 2013, and Driver Academy member Jules Bianchi. The Frenchman has been retained by Marussia for the 2014 season. It will be his first time driving for the most successful team in F1 since the 2012 Young Driver Test at Magny-Cours.
"De La Rosa’s work at the wheel of the F138 over the first two days will be important in terms of defining the continuation of the simulator development work began by the Spaniard in 2013," read a statement from the team.
"As for Bianchi, he drives on the final day and with a nod to the activity surrounding young driver development undertaken by the Ferrari Driver Academy, it will be an opportunity to demonstrate the progress he has made this year in Formula 1."
The team will give de la Rosa two days of running, with Bianchi taking over the F138 for the final day.
Meanwhile Red Bull Racing confirmed that, like Ferrari, they will not run their 2014 race drivers. With Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo taking some time off, former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi will take to the RB9 cockpit on all three days.
The Swiss will retain his reserve driver role with the Milton Keynes-based outfit but will be joined by Formula Renault 3.5 frontrunner Antonio Felix da Costa.
It will be his first time driving a current specification car for Red Bull and it will be his first serious running in F1 machinery since his final race for Toro Rosso in 2010.
His old team confirmed that they will run their 2014 drivers at the test, with Jean-Eric Vergne running on day one and GP3 champion Daniil Kvyat participating on the second and third days.
UPDATE:
On Monday 16th December Mercedes confirmed via Twitter that Nico Rosberg will complete all three days of the Bahrain tyre test for the team, at the wheel of their W04.
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