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Young driver's test got out of hand: "It developed a life of its own"

After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a test has been organised for a few years now to allow young drivers to test Formula 1. This year, however, an almost forty-year-old two-time world champion also drove his laps. That was not quite the intention beforehand. Zak Brown explains to Motorsport-Total.com that the original idea was to stop this test at all this year. This was because of cost savings, but "some teams generating income from the Young Driver Test raised their hands and said they needed that money". Read more What can Hamilton expect from Verstappen? 'Hasn't had a real rival since 2016' Brown does not name names, but it is well known that there are drivers who pay a lot of...
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