F1: Cheever Ready For Ferrari Test

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F1: Cheever Ready For Ferrari Test

Italian F3 racer Eddie Cheever will get a run in 2010 Ferrari F10...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted November 05, 2012 Balen (BEL)

Italian F3 racer Eddie Cheever (Left) and 18-year-old Riccardo Agostini (Right) will test a 2010 Ferrari F10 at Vallelunga on November 9. (Photo: http://www.acisportitalia.it/)

Italian F3 racer Eddie Cheever will test a 2010 Ferrari F10 at Vallelunga on November 9 – some 35 years after his famous father undertook a similar test, also by coincidence when he was 19 years old.

The annual F3 graduate test, a joint venture between the ACI-CSAI and the Ferrari Driver Academy, is offered to the top two drivers in the Italian championship.

Cheever said: “This is a dream come true, and I hope that everything will go in the best possible way. Being on a Ferrari 35 years after my dad is an unforgettable emotion, let's hope to go as fast as he did back then.”

Cheever will be joined by 18-year-old Riccardo Agostini from the Italian series, and EuroSeries F3 champion Daniel Juncadella.

Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.