Haas set to carry out comprehensive test running with Bearman and Ocon

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Ahead of the upcoming season, Formula One's sole American outfit, Haas have announced that they will stage a comprehensive test running at the Jerez circuit.

Haas will embark on a new chapter in their history this year as the American outfit is set to compete with an all-new driver line-up in the upcoming season.

Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen left the Kannapolis-based outfit after the season-concluding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The team's 2025 F1 machine will be piloted by Esteban Ocon and Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman. It will mark the first time that an F1 race winner drives for Haas since it joined the pinnacle of motorsport in 2016.

Haas have now revealed that they will stage a comprehensive test running on Wednesday and Thursday. The American team will run its two-year-old F1 car at Jerez, exploiting the opportunities provided by rules that are referred to as Testing of Previous Cars.

The two-day running will see Ocon get behind the wheel of a Haas F1 car for the first time. Bearman has already completed a series of runs with Haas in free practice sessions across the last two seasons, and raced for the American squad when he replaced Magnussen in Azerbaijan and at Sao Paulo.

Alongside the two full-time race drivers, F2 driver Ritomo Miyata will also be able to gain experiences with the 2022 Haas F1 car.

"Our first-ever TPC test takes place this week in Jerez, Spain! Ollie, Esteban and Toyota GAZOO Racing driver Ritomo Miyata will be running the VF-23," Haas noted.