Ryō Hirakawa drove in the first practice session at the Japanese Grand Prix, taking the place of Jack Doohan at Alpine in one of the team’s four required rookie driver practice sessions.
Hirakawa will be back in an F1 car for FP1 at next weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, albeit with a new team.
Haas announced on Monday that Hirakawa was joining the team as a reserver driver. Hirakawa drove for Haas during the team’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi last December, and drives for Toyota GAZOO Racing in the World Endurance Championship.
Hirakawa will drive for Oliver Bearman in FP1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and will drive for
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