Kvyat seems prone to take part within the Japanese single-seater’s conventional so-called ‘rookie take a look at’ with Honda squad Nakajima Racing on December 6-8.
The previous Crimson Bull driver hasn’t raced a single-seater since his ultimate season in F1 with AlphaTauri in 2020, though he did take a look at a Formulation E automotive for the NIO squad earlier this yr in Berlin.
However a chance to pattern the Tremendous Formulation automotive comes because of Kvyat’s former AlphaTauri/Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost and his long-standing hyperlinks to Nakajima group supervisor Katsuhisa Homma, solid throughout Ralf Schumacher’s title-winning 1996 Formulation Nippon marketing campaign.
The ultimate day of the Suzuka take a look at is predicted to be reserved for rookie drivers, which means Kvyat would probably get three days to pattern the Dallara SF23.
Whereas Nakajima’s full line-up for the take a look at stays unclear, Naoki Yamamoto is extremely unlikely to take part, having already been dominated out of this month’s Suzuka finale because of the neck damage he sustained in a crash in final month’s Sugo SUPER GT spherical.
Kvyat driving within the Suzuka take a look at inevitably raises the prospect of the 29-year-old changing into a full-season Tremendous Formulation driver in 2024.
Tremendous Formulation’s looming change to the damper rules, with the collection banning open damper improvement in favour of ordinary parts, is prone to imply groups will intention to run their common drivers for 2024 within the rookie take a look at.
The Suzuka take a look at will mark the primary time that groups run the Ohlins dampers that will likely be mandated to be used subsequent yr.
Kvyat has already been named as a manufacturing facility Lamborghini driver for the Italian marque’s LMDh challenge, which is able to see it contest each the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship subsequent season, however particular driver line-ups haven’t been revealed.
A Tremendous Formulation marketing campaign wouldn’t be precluded by a marketing campaign within the WEC, as the 2 collection characteristic no date conflicts. Toyota duo Ryo Hirakawa and Kamui Kobayashi have efficiently mixed the 2 championships in current seasons.
The potential for a high-profile title resembling Kvyat to hitch the Tremendous Formulation grid subsequent yr comes as excellent news for the Japanese championship, particularly with Liam Lawson trying unlikely to return in 2024.
Whereas Lawson has missed his goal of being promoted to a F1 race seat with AlphaTauri in 2024, Crimson Bull is prone to need to have the New Zealander on name in any respect 24 grands prix subsequent season as a reserve driver for each its groups.
The 2024 Tremendous Formulation calendar options six clashes with F1 occasions as issues stand.
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