Renault has confirmed Jack Aitken will get his debut in a latest-specification Formula 1 car as he takes on driving duties on the second day of the first in-season test at🌸 the Circ꧂uit de Catalunya.

Carlos Sainz Jr will test for Renault on the first day, Tuesday May 15^th two days after the Spa꧋nish Grand Prix, before handing over to the French manufacturer’s F1 test driver Aitken.

The British driver joined the Renault F1 junior programm💟e at the start of 2𓆉016 and is acting as a protégé to Sainz and Hulkenberg this year alongside his maiden Formula 2 campaign with ART Grand Prix.

Aitken secuꩲred a maiden F2 podium last time out in the feature race in Azerbaijan and sits seventh in the riders’ championship after the opening two rounds.

The 22ꦅ-year-old has recently tested the 2012-specificaiton E20 F1 car but this will mark his F1 debut in current year cars.

Renault has become the latest team to announce its testing line-up after T🍸oro Ro🐼sso confirmed Sean Gelael (Tuesday) and Pierre Gasly (Wednesday), while fellow F2 driver Lando Norris will spend two days in action for McLaren, one day for the official team and the other with the Pirelli tyre test car, splitting testing duties with Stoffel Vandoorne and Oliver Turvey.

Williams’ official young driver Oliver Rowland will a🥃lso make his F1 test debut next week on Tuesday before handing over to Robert Kubica on day two. Force India has also confirmed it will run Nicholas Latifi and Ni🎐kita Mazepin at the Spain test.

ANNOUNCEMENT
Our Barcelona Test driver line-up is confirmed!

Day 1 - Carlos Sainz
Day 2 - Jack Aitken

What say you ?

— Renault Sport F1 (@RenaultSportF1)