{"id":559125,"date":"2026-03-25T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:05:17","slug":"jak-crawford-to-replace-fernando-alonso-at-aston-martin-for-first-practice-session-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559125\/","title":{"rendered":"Jak Crawford to replace Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin for first practice session in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Aston Martin Third Driver Jak Crawford will take part in the opening practice session at the Japanese Grand Prix, the team have announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Taking over <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiZmVybmFuZG9fYWxvbnNvX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9kcml2ZXJzL2Zlcm5hbmRvLWFsb25zbyIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/fernando-alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Alonso<\/a>\u2019s AMR26, it will mark Crawford\u2019s third FP1 appearance for the squad, following previous outings in Mexico and Abu Dhabi last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI\u2019m really excited to get behind the wheel and drive for the team at Suzuka,\u201d said Crawford. \u201cIt\u2019s such a historic yet demanding circuit, and I can\u2019t wait to apply what I\u2019ve learned in the simulator to real track conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cA big thank you to the team for giving me this opportunity. As with my previous FP1 sessions, I\u2019m looking forward to making the most of it and learning as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiYXN0b25fbWFydGluX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi90ZWFtcy9hc3Rvbi1tYXJ0aW4iLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/aston-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Martin<\/a> Chief Trackside Officer Mike Krack added: \u201cIt\u2019s great that we\u2019re able to give Jak another opportunity in FP1 as part of our ongoing commitment to developing young talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cHe has been working hard, especially in the simulator back at Silverstone, and this session will allow him to continue building valuable track experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cIt\u2019s an important opportunity for him to keep progressing, while also contributing to the team by gathering useful data and feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">American racer Crawford, 20, finished runner-up to now McLaren junior Leonardo Fornaroli in Formula 2 last season, having previously won races at F3 and F4 level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Third Driver Jak Crawford will take part in the opening practice session at the Japanese Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-559125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}