Williams will give its Academy driver Zak O’Sullivan his first public outing in a Formula 1 in car in FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
O’Sullivan will get further mileage in the rookie test that follows the race weekend, where he will share driving duties in the second FW45 with fellow Formula 3 graduate Franco Colapinto. 2021 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award winner O’Sullivan emerged as the best-placed of the four Willams juniors in the F3 series, logging four wins on his way to second place behind recent McLaren signing Gabriel Bortoleto.
'He won the Aston Martin BRDC Autosport Award, and had a positive result in that. And to actually do this event, you have to do 300kms or so in an F1 car. It wasn't a Williams F1 car, it was an Alpine. “But it's enough that it gives me confidence he'll perform very well. If you look at his season and how he is as an individual, he's a very intelligent driver who knows how to extract the most out of machinery. 'He knows that actually, he's not here to set a lap time.
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