Raikkonen withdrawn from Friday’s running by Lotus

In a change to previously scheduled programming at Lotus, Nicolas Prost will take centre stage once again on the final day of the Young Driver Test at Silverstone.

Nico Prost will get a second bite of the cherry at the Silverstone Young Driver Test this week, after the team decided to hand him the wheel on Friday in an alteration to the original plan of running Kimi Räikkönen.

After clarification emerged regarding the scope of tests that could be conducted by race drivers for Pirelli this week, it was evident that Kimi would be rather under utilised and that a better way forward was to use one of the team’s test drivers to continue their work with the E21.

Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane explains: "Once details of what race drivers were allowed to do here became apparent, we would have only been able to conduct a very limited programme with Kimi. If we were to run him, it would compromise the other development work we want to do with the car here. By running Nico again we’ll be able to build on the work already carried out and hopefully be in the best position to develop the E21 ahead of Budapest, whilst also conducting the necessary tyre testing for Pirelli."