Jak Crawford will drive a 2024 Components 1 automobile on the Abu Dhabi younger driver check on the finish of this season.
Aston Martin will run the American on the Tuesday after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Crawford attending to run the latest automobile for the primary time. The 19-year-old has pushed a two-year-old automobile on a number of events earlier this yr, and in addition demonstrated it in Houston earlier this week, however the younger driver check might be his first outing in present tools.
“I’m excited concerning the alternative of driving the AMR24 for the primary time in Abu Dhabi,” Crawford mentioned. “I’ve spent a lot of hours on the simulator again on the AMR Expertise Campus, and I might be persevering with this forward of the check to ensure I’m well-prepared.
“Yas Marina is a circuit I do know effectively, so hopefully it will assist me stand up to hurry shortly. I wish to say an enormous because of everybody at Aston Martin Aramco for the possibility to drive this yr’s automobile within the check.”
Crawford joined Aston Martin from the Crimson Bull junior program forward of this season and mentioned the F1 seat time he’s getting helps him to progress as a driver.
“That might be a terrific alternative to get a full day within the automobile – the present automobile – to really feel the present spec of automobile and simply get a bunch of laps underneath my belt,” he advised SiriusXM. “That’s the primary nice alternative, after which persevering with on what I’ve performed this yr. So some extra days within the automobile hopefully subsequent yr, a lot of simulator work as effectively, growing as a driver, so I’m very a lot wanting ahead to the long run.”
In Abu Dhabi, Crawford may also be racing in Components 2 the weekend earlier than the check, and Aston Martin workforce principal Mike Krack says his earlier operating has performed a component in incomes him the chance.
“We’re wanting ahead to giving Jak the chance to drive the AMR24 in Abu Dhabi as a part of his function within the Aston Martin Aramco Younger Driver Growth program,” Krack mentioned.
“He’s already proven a excessive degree of understanding in earlier checks with us this yr and I do know he might be working exhausting in preparation for the check alongside competing within the closing two rounds of the F2 championship.”
