Gasly to make Toro Rosso debut in Barcelona F1 test
Red Bull development driver Pierre Gasly will drive a Formula 1 car for the first time when he gets behind the wheel of a Toro Rosso at Barcelona next month
The Frenchman, who was in contention for a race seat at Toro Rosso for this season, will drive on one of the two days of the post-Spanish Grand Prix test, with the team yet to finalise its plan.
The 19-year-old finished runner-up to Carlos Sainz Jr in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series last year and won the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 title in 2013.
He will contest the GP2 Series this year for DAMS, alongside GP3 champion Alex Lynn.
Gasly topped all three days of the post-season GP2 test in Abu Dhabi last year, and continued his good form by leading the way at the opening test of 2015 at the same venue last month.
He was 10th fastest in the opening day of the second pre-season test in Bahrain on Wednesday.
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