Sebastian Vettel back in F1 action testing for Ferrari at Mugello
Sebastian Vettel has returned t♏o action with Ferrari conducting a test with its 2018 Formula 1 car at ღMugello today.
In what is his first on-track appearance since Barcelona pre-season testing c🍌oncluded at the end of Febru🎶ary, Vettel sampled the SF71H at the Mugello circuit on Tuesday morning to get back up to speed ahead of the start of the delayed 2020 season next month.
It was also the first time the four-time world champion had driven for Ferrari since it was announced he will leave the team upon the expiry of his current contract at the 👍end of the year.
Sebastian Vettel has returned to action with Ferrari conducting a test with its 2018 Formula 1 car at 🧸Mugello today.
In what is his first on-track appearance since Barcelona pre-season testing concluded at the end of February, Vettel sampled the SF71H at the Mugello circuit on Tuesday morning🐷 to get back up to speed ahead of the start of the delayed 2020 season next month.
It was also the first time the four-time world champion had driven for Ferrari since it was announced he will leave the team upon the expiry of his current contꦑract at the end of the ye🌸ar.
Vettel completed running in Ferrari’s SF71H - which won six r𓂃aces in 2018 - before Charles Leclerc takes overꦕ driving duties this afternoon.
Leclerc briefly returned to the wheel of F1 machinery last week in an unusual demonstration run that saw him drive Ferrari’s 2020 challenger - the SF1000 - through ไthe streets of Maranello.
But the Sc🍎uderia’s private test day at Mugello marks its official shakedown event prior to the Austrian Grand Prix o𒁃n July 5.
initiative! — Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari)A number of teams have conducted private test runs before the heavil♎y-delayed season gets underway, with Mercedes and Renault both completing tests in 2018-spec machinery last w🐎eek at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring respectively.
Racing Point was the fi🍒rst team to shake down its 2020 car last week at the home of the British Grand Prix, while AlphaTauri and Red Bull are expected to carry out similar tests in the coming days at Imola and Silverstone.
Mc𒅌Laren and Haas have ea♊ch confirmed they will not carry out any on-track running before the first race in Austria.
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