In a brand new rule introduced forward of the 2024 season, all Components E groups are obligated to run a newcomer in every automobile for at the very least one session throughout three days of working on 24-27 October.
Most groups have opted for a similar drivers they ran on the Berlin rookie take a look at and/or the Rome rookie follow session, with Aitken additionally reprising his function ultimately 12 months’s championship-winning Envision group.
The 28-year-old Cadillac manufacturing facility driver within the IMSA SportsCar Championship will drive Robin Frijns’ Jaguar I-TYPE 6 on Wednesday morning, earlier than taking on Sebastien Buemi’s automobile for the afternoon session on the identical day.
Following the take a look at, Aitken will head to Hockenheim to finish his full-season within the DTM with the Emil Frey Ferrari group.
One other acquainted identify to return to Components E at Valencia shall be Robin Shwartzman, the Ferrari F1 reserve as soon as once more testing for DS Penske after getting his first outing with the group in Berlin.
Final 12 months’s DTM champion Sheldon van der Linde will once more function Jaguar’s designated rookie driver, the BMW manufacturing facility driver getting turns in each Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy‘s automobiles, with Pink Bull junior Zane Maloney serving the identical function at Andretti.
Nissan will take a look at two completely different drivers in Valencia, with Components 2 stalwart Luca Ghiotto changing Oliver Rowland and present F2 racer Victor Martins driving instead of Sacha Fenestraz within the first morning session on Tuesday.Â
Each of them obtained their first FE outings with the Japanese producer in Berlin, with Ghiotto making a second look behind the wheel of the Nissan e-4ORCE 04 in Rome.
Sheldon van der Linde, Jaguar TCS Racing
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
Two-time World Touring Automobile Cup champion Yann Ehrlacher, who made his FE debut in Rome rookie follow for DS Penske, will swap to Maserati for the Valencia take a look at.
Ehrlacher will solely get one session in Maximilian Gunther’s automobile on 25 October, with the group’s second entry to be pushed throughout all six classes by new recruit Jehan Daruvala, who fulfills FE’s rookie standards.
Whereas a lot of the rookies at Valencia gained’t be fully new to Components E, some will get their first style of Gen3 equipment, together with McLaren’s Taylor Barnard.
Barnard, who scored his maiden F3 win at Spa in July en path to tenth within the championship, will kick off proceedings for McLaren within the opening morning on 24 October by driving Sam Bird’s automobile.
He’ll then swap to Jake Hughes’ Nissan-powered automobile within the afternoon, earlier than McLaren turns its full consideration to race drivers from Day 2.
Gabriela Jilkova, who has expertise in each LMP3 and GT4 equipment, shall be current for Porsche within the now-traditional Valencia take a look at, as introduced on Tuesday.
Hyundai’s 2022 WTCR champion Mikel Azcona (NIO 333), the 2022 FIA ETCR champion Adrien Tambay and 18-year-old FRECA racer Tim Tramnitz ( each Abt) and former IndyCar driver Jordan King (Mahindra) will full the rookie area.
Valencia rookie drivers:
| Staff | Powertrain | Driver(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Envision | Jaguar |
Jack Aitken (each automobiles) |
| Jaguar | Jaguar |
Sheldon van der Linde (each automobiles) |
| Andretti | Porsche |
Zane Maloney (each automobiles) |
| Porsche | Porsche |
Gabriela JÃlkova (each automobiles) |
| DS Penske | Stellantis |
Robert Shwartzman (each automobiles) |
| Maserati | Stellantis |
Yann Ehrlacher (Gunther’s automobile) Jehan Daruvala (full-season driver) |
|
Nissan |
Nissan |
Luca Ghiotto (Rowland’s automobile) |
| McLaren | Nissan |
Taylor Barnard (each automobiles) |
| NIO 333 | NIO 333 |
Mikel Azcona (Each automobiles) |
| Mahindra | Mahindra |
Jordan King (each automobiles) |
| Abt | Mahindra |
Adrien Tambay (Di Grassi’s automobile) Tim Tramnitz (Muller’s automobile) |