Rookie test

The curtain officially came down on the 2025 FIA WEC campaign Sunday with the post-season Rookie Test at the Bahrain International Circuit and Awards Ceremony on the beach.On track, 29 cars took part in the two sessions, with teams and manufacturers trying out new talent and preparing for future seasons.Quickest...

Barely 16, Elia Weiss is the youngest driver to ever get behind the wheel of a Formula E car, having graduated to Italian Formula 4 this season after winning last year’s German karting championship.

The 2023 FIA WEC officially came to a close Sunday in Bahrain after five hours of track time in the post-season Rookie Test.Ferrari F1 reserve driver Robert Shwartzman emerged quickest by the end of the day with a 1m48.559s in the No. 51 Ferrari 499P.He was 0.066s quicker than Will...

New Zealand's Nick Cassidy topped the times for Envision Virgin Racing in the ABB Formula E Championship rookie test in Marrakesh, setting a fastest time of 1m16.467s -- which was almost 0.7s quicker than polesitter Antonio Felix da Costa’s best effort in qualifying for yesterday's E-Prix on the Morrocan street...

Four NTT IndyCar Series rookies passed their oval tests on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway as Arrow McLaren SP’s Oliver Askew, Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh’s Alex Palou, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay, and Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin cleared all phases on the daunting 1.5-mile oval.With cold temperatures delaying...

The morning after the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the FIA World Endurance Championship teams were back at work in the official series Rookie Test on the Bahrain International Circuit, where a number of new talents to the series and a prominent returning veteran got a chance to show their stuff.For...

Some new names have been added to the entry list for Sunday’s FIA WEC Bahrain Rookie Test today, which features 16 cars across the four classes.In LMP2, Colin Noble is one of them. The Scotsman (pictured above), a regular in the LMP3 ranks of the ELMS, Le Mans Cup and...

A provisional entry list for the FIA WEC's Bahrain Rookie Test on December 15 features 12 cars and a host of notable names.In LMP1, there are two Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 HYBRIDs and a single Rebellion R-13. Neither of Team LNT's Ginetta G60-LT-P1s are currently down to run.In the two...

RACER's Marshall Pruett and Dale Coyne Racing's Sebastien Bourdais break down Thursday's activities at Phoenix International Raceway's Verizon IndyCar Series test for rookies, discuss the lingering electrical problems being experienced throughout the paddock, and close with the tests done with the series' new deflector cockpit protection device.

With less than a month to go until round three of the FIA Formula E Championship in Marrakesh on January 13, Techeetah announced that British driver James Rossiter and Frederic Makowiecki will represent the team at the official rookie test in Marrakesh.Currently driving for TOM'S Racing in the Asian Super...