The 2026 Test Drivers

All Test Drivers cost £1m each.

Driver	Chassis	Notes
Aron, Paul	Audi	2nd in PST (for Sauber). Alpine's reserve last year
Beganovic, Dino	Ferrari	7th F2, 8th PST
Browning, Luke	Williams	Junior team member, 4th in F2, 3rd in PST, several FP1 outings
Crawford, Jak	Aston Martin	2nd in F2, 1st in PST, 2 FP1 outing and lots of TPC mileage
Doohan, Jack	Haas	Booted out after 6 races for Alpine but signed up as reserve driver for Haas in February
Fornaroli, Leonardo	McLaren	F2 Champion on series debut. No vacant F1 seats available.
Giovinazzi, Antonio	Ferrari	Drives Ferrari’s Hypercar in WEC (but Ferrari are more likely to use Bearman)
Guanyu, Zhou	Cadillac	Moved over from Ferrari
Hirakawa, Ryo	Haas	4 FP1 outings, Toyota protege
Iwasa, Ayumu	Racing Bulls	5th in PST. Honda protégé
Leclerc, Arthur	Ferrari	Charles’ brother. Had an FP1 run.
Maini, Kush	Alpine	16th FP2, 10th (last) in PST
O’Ward, Pato	McLaren	2nd in Indycars. 5th in PST. The next Mexican in F1?
Tsunoda, Yuki	Red Bull & Racing Bulls	Better than last year's results suggest but a deserved demotion.
Vesti, Fred	Mercedes	4th in PST. 3 FP1 outings in 2025. Full time sim work for Mercedes
Notes: PST is the Post Season Test that took place in Abu Dhabi, on the Tuesday after the Grand Prix. One car had to be driven by a young driver with no more than two grand prix starts. The other car had to have a current driver and was designated for Pirelli tyre testing. JSF is the Japanese Super Formula. It's used by Europeans looking for somewhere to keep sharp while waiting for an F1 chance. The cars are comparable to F1 in speed terms. TPC is Testing of Previous cars. They have to be at least 2 years old and are used extensively to bring on new drivers. Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli benefitted hugely. Williams, Racing Bulls, Audi and Haas do not have nominated reserve drivers. Haas would probably call on Ferrari, Racing Bulls on Red Bull, Williams might well call on Mercedes. Audi – not a scooby.