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Troubled Aston Martin to use one rookie FP1 slot early at Suzuka

Aston Martin has become the surprise first Formula 1 team to announce a rookie driver for a practice session in 2026.F1 teams are obliged to hand over four practice sessions a season – two for each entry – to a rookie driver with fewer than two prior starts, though teams who already field a rookie (ie Racing Bulls with Arvid Lindblad) can part-fulfil the requirement by just running their actual signed driver.But Aston Martin is the first team to call up somebody from off the grid, with reserve driver Jak Crawford set to drive Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin AMR26 in ope …


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Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy

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