The RMC Winter Cup has officially kicked off at the KartCenter Campillos, marking the opening of the Rotax European season with a lineup of 192 drivers from over 30 nations.

Carlos Sainz has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will require surgery. As from FP3 and for the rest of this weekend, he will be replaced by reserve Ferrari driver Oliver Bearman. Oliver will therefore take no further part in this round of the F2 Championship.

Scuderia Ferrari recently presented the 2021 team in an online event which involved not only team partners and the media but also over 300 fans linked up from all over the world to see Charles Leclerc’s and Carlos Sainz’s first official appearance of the year in Scuderia colours.

This week Ferrari are holding a five day test at their own Fiorano track. On Monday Giuliano Alesi and Marcus Armstrong got their first taste of a Formula One car, testing the 2018 Ferrari SF71H.

16 year-old Maya Weug is about to make history with Ferrari. The Dutch girl, born in Spain, with a Belgian mother and a Dutch father, is the first woman driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy. Maya outshone the other girls at the evaluation camp which took place last week at the Scuderia headquarters in Maranello, as the final stage of the FIA “Girls on Track-Rising Stars” programme.