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Marciello to make Sauber debut in Malaysia

Raffaele Marciello has announced he will make his debut for Sauber in FP1 for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The Ferrari young driver has been named as Sauber’s reserve driver for 2015 alongside race drivers Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr. Marciello drove for Ferrari during the final in-season testing following last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but has yet to make his Sauber debut as the team’s race drivers completed the full pre-season schedule.

Marciello has now confirmed via Twitter that his first run in the C34 will come at Sepang during first practice for this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix.

Sauber - which uses Ferrari power units - enjoyed a strong pre-season, completing the most mileage at the final test at the Circuit de Catalunya, with both drivers setting times within the top ten of the fastest of the week.

Italian youngster Marciello will also race for Trident in the GP2 Series this season alongside his Sauber commitments.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.