{"id":15275474,"date":"2026-08-28T10:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/red-bull-hands-f1-test-to-protege\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:33:26","slug":"red-bull-hands-f1-test-to-protege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/red-bull-hands-f1-test-to-protege\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull hands F1 test to protege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull has given\u00a0Nikola Tsolov his first Formula 1 test as it continues to assess its options for its 2027 driver line-up at Racing Bulls.<br \/>The current Formula 2 championship leader completed 690km in a\u00a0VCARB 02 \u2013 Racing Bulls\u2019 2025 F1 car \u2013 at Imola on Thursday as part of the team\u2019s testing of previous cars (TPC) programme, which gave Red Bull a chance to assess its junior in grand &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/red-bull-hands-f1-test-to-protege\/10850075\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/red-bull-hands-f1-test-to-protege\/10850075\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sports \u2013 Racing \u2013 Motorsports.com \u2013 F1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull has given\u00a0Nikola Tsolov his first Formula 1 test as it continues to assess its options for its 2027 driver line-up at Racing Bulls.The current Formula 2 championship leader completed 690km in a\u00a0VCARB 02 \u2013 Racing Bulls\u2019 2025 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