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Ferrari reserve to get rare F1 outing in Dutch GP practice

It will be the first time the Ferrari reserve driver has taken part in a grand prix weekend since the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix.

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Ferrari reserve Robert Shwartzman will get his first F1 outing in a year in practice for the Dutch Grand Prix. 

The Russian-born driver who now races under an Israeli licence will drive for the Stake F1 team at Zandvoort, 12 months on from his last outing at the same track for the main Ferrari squad.

He will replace Valtteri Bottas.

Shwartzman, once tipped as a potential F1 driver, now races with AF Corse in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship - and is the 2019 Formula 3 champion. 

It will be the fifth time Shwartzman will have taken part in an FP1 session, having done so for Ferrari at the 2022 United States and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix. 

He repeated that at the 2023 Dutch and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, deputising for Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the mandatory FP1 rookie driver sessions.

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