Alfa Romeo has handed Callum Ilott a Friday practice outing at Portimão this week to celebrate the Ferrari Driver Academy member's signing as the Swiss outfit's second reserve driver for 2021. Ilott, who tested for Alfa Romeo in 2019 and at the end of last year in Abu Dhabi, will share reserve duties with Robert Kubica whose F1 schedule overlaps on a few weekends with other motorsport commitments, including his participation in the European Le Mans Series with LMP2 outfit WRT. Ilott finished runner-up to Mick Schumacher in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, but the 22-year-old Briton abstained from a third season in the feeder series, leaving him to focus on his testing duties with...
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