News Details

Aitken has been ‘ready since Melbourne' for F1 debut

Jack Aitken says he is “over the moon” after being handed his Formula 1 debut for the Sakhir Grand Prix weekend, insisting he has been ready to make the step for some time. Aitken will replace George Russell for the upcoming race in Bahrain, with the latter being drafted to front runners Mercedes after seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton returned a positive Covid-19 test. Williams signed Aitken as its reserve driver for the 2020 season, with the 25-year-old making his FP1 debut at the Styrian Grand Prix earlier this year. Aitken says he has been ready to race for Williams since Melbourne in March, before the regular season was not interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. “I’m...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

BREAKING: Russell replaces Hamilton, Aitken in at...

George Russell (left) and Jack Aitken George Russell will replace Lewis...
3y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Russell replaces Hamilton at Mercedes, Aitken at...

Mercedes has drafted in George Russell to replace World Champion Lewis...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Nico Rosberg Urges Mercedes To Run George Russell As...

With Lewis Hamilton confirming that he has tested positive for COVID-19...
3y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Schumacher tips Russell for the Mercedes: 'You don't...

Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher hopes to see George Russell fill the...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Vinales smashes MotoGP lap record in second...

Aprilia's Maverick Vinales smashed the MotoGP Sachsenring lap record...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Exclusive: Patience needed from João Félix, Todibo...

This article was originally published on Fabrizio Romano's Daily Briefing,...
31m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Video: Arsenal's Kai Havertz misses huge opportunity...

Kai Havertz had the chance to equalise for Germany but failed to...
11m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Exclusive: Arsenal place 14m price tag on defender...

Arsenal are ready to part ways with defender Nuno Tavares this summer with...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners 'reach agreement' with...

Arsenal reportedly take a significant step in their bid to sign Italy...
11m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

F1: British Grand Prix: Friday Free 2 - Times

Times from today's second free practice session... Read More »
1h ago from Pitpass.com

F1 2024 British Grand Prix – FP1 Results

McLaren's Lando Norris led the first Free... Read More »
5h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Marko delivers Red Bull blow in Norris pursuit

Red Bull were third and seventh in practice at... Read More »
41m ago from RacingNews365.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.