It will be a true festival of rookies in the first free practice session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where, alongside Arthur Leclerc, five other rookies will put on their overalls for the first time in an official Formula 1 race weekend.
This season, many teams have left the implementation of the regulations to the last few hundred meters, which has led to this unusually high number of debuts. By the way, get used to this, because from 2025 this will also change, because due to the stricter regulations, each team will have to provide 2 free practice sessions for each rookie driver, so there will be more and more new faces in the FP1s on the circuits. And who will be the ones we will see now?
Here is the list:
Red Bull Racing: Isack Hadjar replaces Max Verstappen
Scuderia Ferrari: Arthur Leclerc to replace Carlos Sainz
McLaren: Ryō Hirakawa to replace Oscar Piastri
Aston Martin: Felipe Drugovich to replace Lance Stroll
Racing Bulls: Ayumu Iwasa replaces Yuki Tsunoda
Williams: Luke Browning to replace Alexander Albon
