Italian Antonio Giovinazzi and Israeli-Russian Robert Shwartzman have been announced to share the reserve and test driver role in Scuderia Ferrari during the 2023 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season.
Giovinazzi’s main focus will be on the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship after the announcement that he will be driving the #50 Ferrari AF Corsa line-up and with his fellow compatriot Alessandro Pier Guidi and Briton James Calado in the Hypercar class.
The 29-year-old dropped out of the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN line-up after the 2021 season but became the reserve driver for Ferrari last season, and also raced in ABB Formula E for Penske Autosport. He had been linked with a seat with the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team for 2023 but lost out on that seat to Nico Hülkenberg, but now he is due to continue in F1 this season as a helping hand for Ferrari as its reserve driver.
Five of the seven rounds WEC rounds in 2023 will clash with F1 Grand Prix weekends, these will be in Saudi Arabia, Spain, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, and Brazil where Shwartzman is set to slot in as the reserve driver while Giovinazzi is racing.
Shwartzman spend his 2022 season as Ferrari´s F1 test and development driver and appeared as a designated young driver in two free practice sessions. He also took part in the tests after the 2022 season in Abu Dhabi in the Ferrari F1-75.
