The Haas F1 Team confirmed on Wednesday that their test and reserve driver, Pietro Fittipaldi will be on track for the team on Thursday for the second day of testing at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain.
The news comes after there was a delay in the freight arriving in Bahrain.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday morning, Haas said:
The team's freight arrived late last night to the circuit in Bahrain.
This delay will impact our programme but we are targeting being out on track for the second session Thursday afternoon with @PiFitti driving the VF-22.#HaasF1 pic.twitter.com/Zppbjbkn8a
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) March 9, 2022
Fittipaldi is the favourite to replace Nikita Mazepin as Mick Schumacher’s team-mate for the 2022 Formula One season which gets underway in Bahrain next weekend.