The American F1 team, Haas F1, seems to be slowly composing. His latest addition is the young American driver with Italian roots Santino Ferrucci. Ferrucci will play the role of development driver within the Haas team. Something that his compatriot Alexander Rossi is also close to, signing with Manor F1 to be the new test driver of the team that he has not been able to access as an official driver this season.
If you follow GP3, you will meet the young driver Ferrucci, since he runs with the DAMS team in this category. Now he also joins the ranks of the Haas F1 Team, a team of the same nationality that has just landed in Formula 1 this season. Santino will combine his work in GP3 with the new role in F1. The driver from Woodbury, Connecticut, is about 17 years old, making him one of the youngest to join the premier class.
Ferrucci and Alexander Rossi are the two hopes of the American country, since the panorama of pilots with a view to F1 has never been too good or abundant. We have seen some US drivers in F1 who have gotten by without too many flashy achievements and now with a team they will try to carve out a niche for themselves in this European category. Both Rossi and Ferrucci it is important that they roll for their own development with a view to uploading them to the car in the future to compete, as Guenther Steiner, director of Haas F1, has pointed out.
Ferrucci is very happy with his signing and has highlighted that his goal is to compete in F1. He has also been happy to be an American part of an American team, worth the redundancy. «Being in the Haas F1 Team will allow me to learn more and faster. It will allow me to get the most out of my GP3 driving with DAMS and ultimately prepare for Formula 1.» quoted the young driver, who after passing through various categories since he was 5 years old, his vision of the future is set in F1.