Breaking Barriers: Porsche to Empower Women in Motorsport with Groundbreaking Rookie Choice in Pre-Season Testing

Breaking Barriers: Porsche to Empower Women in Motorsport with Groundbreaking Rookie Choice in Pre-Season Testing

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The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team have confirmed that they’ll be using LMP3 and GT4 driver Gabriela Jilkova during

All the teams participating in the upcoming testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo are required to have a rookie driver for at least three hours. Porsche has chosen Jilkova, who has experience in simulator work for the team and has previously won races in the ADAC Prototype Cup LMP3. Team Principal Florian Modlinger announced that Jilkova will have track time in Valencia, along with Pascal Wehrlein and António Félix da Costa, who have been retained for the 2023/24 season. The inclusion of rookie drivers is part of Formula E’s initiative to provide more opportunities for drivers to gain experience in the series. Several other teams, including Andretti Formula E, Mahindra Racing, and Envision Racing, have also announced their rookie drivers for the Valencia test. It is expected that most teams will have one rookie driver for the full three hours of testing. However, the official confirmation from Formula E regarding the rookie driver requirement is still pending.

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Source: Motorsport Week

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