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The Bite Point: The plight of F1 reserve drivers
Of the 23 drivers who will take part in this week’s preseason test at Jerez, all but two are scheduled to race full-time in 2012. There is no longer such thing as a test driver in Formula One and the title of ‘third’ or ‘reserve’ driver is largely symbolic. Increased testing restrictions over the last five years have removed almost all of the significant work undertaken by reserve drivers. These days, the third driver in a team is more likely to be running a showcar or filming a TV commercial than contributing to technical development anywhere outside a simulator. Less Testing Testing restrictions first came into place at the start of 2007 when teams were...
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