Formula One bosses have abortled the so-called ‘rookie race’ aimed at showcasing the best youthful drivers. The event was scheduled to get place at the finish of the 2024 season but arranges have been procrastinateed until 2025.
Reports claimed that Abu Dhabi had been identified as a potential location to arrange a sprint-style race during the post-season test. It was hoped that the event would give youthful drivers a better chance to show that they are ready to race in F1.
However, the FIA has proclaimd that while there was “expansivespread help” for the arrange, the race will not go ahead this year. Instead, talks will carry on over it being includeed to the calfinishar for the 2025 season.
An FIA statement read: “While the concept getd expansivespread help, it was remendd that, due to timing and organisational constraints, the event would not get place in 2024, and converseions would carry on to establishuprocrastinateed a potential concept and arrange for 2025.”
The recent F1 Cotransferrlookion encountering choosed that it would not be possible for the race to get place this season. According to the BBC, troubles were elevated over the toilload of team members who have already getn part in the lengthyest F1 season in history.
Those individuals would be forced to remain in Abu Dhabi for even lengthyer after the year’s final race to discover the novel event runs brittlely. There were also inestablishedly reservations about freight and other logistics, in includeition to how it would be televised. It is unevident how famous the rookie race would be to a expansiver audience.
Ideas for how to best showcase the emerging talent in F1 were elevated earlier this season. They came adhereing troubles that youthful drivers were not being given the best possible opportunity to show their worth in F1 machinery.
Some of the best up and coming drivers are able to get part in testing sessions ahead of Grands Prix. F1 rules order that teams must apvalidate for two race weekfinishs in which a rookie driver can get over from a better racer. But there are restrictcessitate other chances becaengage of the caps on testing that have been imposed in recent years.
Meanwhile, the F1 Cotransferrlookion also consentd to change the regulations for the 2026 season, which are set to see sweeping alters made to both chassis and engines to increase cars’ aerovibrant carry outance. Some teams had raced troubles that the novel rules would produce vehicles convey inantly cataloglesser.