Manor Marussia have handed GP2’s Jordan King and Rio Haryanto test duties during next week’s 12-hour post-race tyre test.
It was thought Manor might not attend the test, which is being conducted by Pirelli, but with this confirmation, it’s believed all ten teams will be in action on the Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi race.
King, who is currently the team’s development driver, will get his first outing in a Formula 1 car at the test, whilst Haryanto has previously driven a 2010 and 2012 F1 car.
“We look forward to providing Rio and Jordan with the opportunity to drive the MR03B in Abu Dhabi next week,” said team boss John Booth, who will depart the outfit after the test.
“For Jordan, this is a planned part of his 2015 role as development driver, following a season spent with the team in an educational capacity.
“Rio has of course driven two of our cars in previous tests. In 2010, he was considered to be at the very tender age of 17 years old, but we knew he had an exciting future ahead of him.
“Both drivers have extensive experience of running Pirelli tyres in GP2, and specifically the many GP2 tests that have been held in Abu Dhabi, so this leaves them well placed to help us play our part in Pirelli’s evaluation programme next week.”
