HomeFormula 1Reigning F2 Champion Felipe Drugovich completes first day with Aston Martin

Felipe Drugovich has joined Aston Martin F1 team as a part of their Driver Development Programme

Felipe Drugovich has completed his first day with Aston Martin after joining the F1 team last week. Drugovich took five race wins over the course of the 2022 season and sealed the championship at Monza, following which he was roped in by Aston Martin. He has joined Aston Martin’s Driver Development Programme as their first member.

Felipe Drugovich
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The Driver Development Programme has been designed in association with AMF1鈥檚 engineers and management and is intended to provide a stairway for junior drivers to reach Formula One. Drugovich is likely to drive in FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a substitute for Lance Stroll and will also take part in November鈥檚 young driver test at the Yas Marina Circuit. Things are falling in place for Drugovich and he doesn’t seem too far from an F1 seat.

Fans react as Felipe Drugovich completes Day 1 with Aston Martin

Let us take a look how fans feel about Felipe Drugovich’s move to Aston Martin.

“Putting The Hours on. Let’s go Guys.Take care of our Diamond. He ia Rare and we love him”, wrote a fan.

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“YAAY! good job mr felipe, can’t wait to see your first outing for the team”, wrote another fan.

“getting familiar to his new home, gotta be ready to take that seat asap”, read another tweet.

“Haha there you are…Vettel’s replacement right there…it’s not official but it’s official”, wrote a fan who believes Drugovich is set to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin.

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