Aston Martin announce substitute for recovering Lance Stroll at pre-season testing

Drugovich will drive the AMR23 on Thursday morning and Alonso will take over for the afternoon, with the rest of Aston Martin’s schedule to be announced in due course.

Meanwhile, Williams have announced that Alex Albon is set to open the test for them on Thursday morning before rookie Logan Sargeant takes over for the afternoon and throughout Friday before handing back to Albon for the final day of running on Saturday.

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