In the round-up: Changes in the Ferrari Driver Academy leave it with no juniors racing in Formula 2 this year.
In brief
Ferrari confirm nine juniors for 2022Ferrari has announced the nine members of its Driver Academy for 2022 after several of its top names have moved on from the programme.
The most senior members of the programme are Haas racer Mick Schumacher, who will be Ferrari’s reserve driver at selected rounds this year, and Robert Shwartzman, who will not return to F2 as he takes on a testing role with Ferrari. F2 racer Marcus Armstrong will not continue with the FDA while Callum Ilott, who has moved to IndyCar this year, is described as being on a “gap year” by the team. Having fielded five drivers in F2 just two years ago, Ferrari will have none this year.
A pair of FDA drivers will race in F3, however. Arthur Leclerc returns for a second season having won twice last year. He will drive for Prema alongside recent FDA recruit Ollie Barman.
Armstrong tested one of…