To compete in F1, drivers don’t want a daily highway licence. They do, nonetheless, have to be 18 years previous and have obtained an excellent licence, the qualification issued by the game’s governing physique, the FIA.
“I used to be actually nervous, initially,” mentioned Antonelli. “That week was like hell as a result of I used to be actually learning and practising as a result of I knew I solely had that shot.
“The preparations begin after which the season begins and I had no time to do the driving check once more. So I used to be tremendous glad to have handed right away.”
Oliver Bearman, the 19-year-old Briton additionally beginning his first full F1 marketing campaign in 2025, made one essential error on his first check.
“I handed second time and I should not have mentioned that,” Haas’ Bearman joked.
“I did not cease at a ‘cease’ signal. I did not burn by, I slowed down and I used to be crawling however you might be presupposed to cease. We do not have ‘cease’ indicators at a race monitor in order that was my first sighting of a ‘cease’ signal.”
The primary grand prix of the 24-race calendar takes place in Melbourne from 14-16 March.
