Formula 1 News: Ayumu Iwasa To Drive In End-Of-Season Test

Scuderia AlphaTauri will run three drivers at the end-of-season test which takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit on the Tuesday following the final round of the Formula 1 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Red Bull Junior and Honda Formula Dream Project driver Ayumu Iwasa will get behind the wheel of one of our AT04s for the full day of testing, while in the second car, Daniel Ricciardo will drive in the morning, handing over to Yuki Tsunoda for the final afternoon of track time this year.

Iwasa Ayumu, born 22 September 2001 is a Japanese racing driver currently competing with DAMS in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, where he previously earned Rookie of the Year honors by finishing fifth overall in 2022.

He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the 2020 French F4 champion.[1]

22-year-old Iwasa from Osaka, Japan is currently lying third in the Formula 2 championship having won three times so far this season, with just two races remaining this weekend in Abu Dhabi. In fact, he won last year’s Feature Race at Yas Marina on his way to finishing fifth in the championship.

For the 2024 season, Ayumu is scheduled to return to Japan to race in the prestigious Super Formula series. It will be his first season racing back on home turf since 2019. As of 2020, he was racing in Europe, winning the French F4 title, going on to finish 12th in Formula 3 the following year.