Young Guns Join the ELMS Rookie Test Line Up

2021 F4 UAE Champion Enzo Trulli will be testing for Algarve Pro Racing on Sunday, the 21-year-old Italian, the son of former F1 racer Jarno Trulli, will be getting his first taste of driving an LMP2 Oreca-Gibson with the Portuguese team.

Current FIA F2 racer Sami Meguetounif will test with IDEC Sport in the no18 Oreca with the 21-year-old from Marseille getting a taste of LMP2 with the French team.

2025 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR Vice Champion Bryson Morris will also test in LMP2 with the 21-year-old American, who won the TCR class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2024, will test local team Algarve Pro Racing.

Another F1 Academy racer Chloe Chong will also be testing an LMP3 car on Sunday with the 18-year-old British racer getting behind the wheel of the championship winning no17 CLX Motorsport Ligier-Toyota.

The Al Qubaisi family will be testing the Ligier JS P325 with Team Virage, with 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE AM podium finisher Khalid Al Qubaisi testing with daughters Hamda and Amna for the Polish flagged team. The two F1 Academy race winners have raced in the LES this year with Team Virage.

There is a further family connection on the entry list for Sunday’s Rookie Test with ELMS race winner Jonas Ried testing both the Proton Competition LMP2 Oreca that he races in the ELMS and the team’s Porsche 911 alongside his 18-year-old brother Lenny.

In total there will be 37 cars on track on Sunday with 78 drivers named on the first version of the entry list.