Haas retains Pietro Fittipaldi as test and reserve driver

Pietro Fittipaldi will protract as the Haas test and reserve suburbanite in Formula 1 for a fourth season in 2022, the team has confirmed.

The 25-year-old made two starts for Haas at the end of last season in place of the injured Romain Grosjean and proved a unscratched pair of hands standing in at the last minute, showing his value without moreover testing a number of times for the team. Team principal Guenther Steiner says it was a simple nomination to alimony Fittipaldi, expressly given his wits of the team compared to the two rookie drivers in the race seats.

“This was a very straightforward visualization for us to alimony Pietro on as our official test and reserve driver,” Steiner said. “Pietro knows the inner workings of our team very well, having been with us for so long now.

“He proved to us last year that he was ready to step up and momentum when required and obviously his presence in the team this year has brought continuity as well. We’re delighted to protract our relationship and we squint forward to having him onboard then in 2022.”

Fittipaldi says he’s excited by the new regulations that will be introduced next season, giving him a variegated concept of car to work on.

“I’m naturally very happy and excited then by the opportunity to protract my undertone with Uralkali Haas F1 Team,” Fittipaldi said. “I’ve been with the team for a few seasons now and they very much finger like family.

“I’ve learned a lot in my time and I hope I can alimony contributing with the introduction of the new generation of Formula 1 car in 2022. It’s going to be heady to see what’s coming with the new package and I’m obviously as keen as the rest of the team to see what the VF-22 will succeed on track.”