“I’m very excited, I can’t wait to drive the A525 in Free Observe 1 this weekend,” mentioned Hirakawa. “I’m trying again to 18 years in the past to 2007, the primary time I went to observe the Japanese Grand Prix, it was a unique observe, Fuji, nevertheless it was Method 1 in Japan.
“Since then, I began my racing profession and now to drive in the course of the weekend goes to be a dream come true, I simply can’t wait. I’ve acquired the whole lot ready, we did simulator work in Enstone just a few days in the past and I’m going to benefit from the second.
“Hopefully the climate is nice, it is going to be a brief session, however I’ll get pleasure from it and do my finest for the group to hopefully enter some course on set-up. I simply need to add my appreciation to everybody on the group for the chance and assist.”
Hirakawa is simply one of Alpine’s roster of reserve drivers for 2025, which additionally consists of Paul Aron, Kush Maini and Franco Colapinto.
