Following a second positive race weekend in the 2013 GP3 Series, Marussia young driver programme member Tio Ellinas has been handed his first Formula One test. Ellinas will conduct a scheduled straight-line aerodynamic evaluation with the team at the UK’s Kemble Airfield on Tuesday. Ellinas, 21, is now in his second season of competition with Marussia Manor Racing in GP3 and currently leads the championship. Last year, as the team’s most successful driver, he won a slot with Marussia in the 2013 Formula One young driver test, which will take place at Silverstone next month. His preparatory test this week will make Ellinas the first Greek-Cypriot to drive an F1 car.“It...
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