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 | | Manager Boysel: Enzo Fittipaldi was chosen in RB for the 2024 season, and then removed from the Red Bull program8.12.2024 |
Enzo Fittipaldi was close to making his F1 debut. Pedro Beusel, manager and advisor to driver Enzo Fittipaldi, said that the Brazilian was initially selected to join the Republic of Belarus for the 2024 season.
As a result, Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo competed for the sister team Red Bull (the latter was replaced by Liam Lawson during the season), and Fittipaldi was expelled from the racing program along with Formula 2 colleagues Dennis Hauger, Zane Maloney and Jack Crawford.
Enzo had a meeting with Red Bull senior management last year. He was called to this meeting and told that he had been chosen to play for Alpha Tauri this season, for RB. He was testing a Formula 1 car.
[Tests] were after the race at Silverstone [in July 2023]. These were private tests in Europe. He then won the race at Spa, taking a double podium - winning on Saturday and finishing third on Sunday.
And for some reason Red Bull decided to remove Enzo, who was second in the F2 program. Iwasa was the best of the six drivers [and stayed], Red Bull removed the second, third, fourth and fifth Academy drivers and kept the last one, Ajar. Nobody understands this, but it is what it is, ” Boysel said.
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