Ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 racer Brendon Hartley has been confirmed as one of four simulator drivers for Ferrari this season.
Hartley has a wealth of experience in sportscar racing with two WEC titles to his name with Porsche in 2015 and 2017, before racing in Formula 1 for Toro Rosso from late 2017 through 2018.
Hartley was not retained by Red Bull's programme and will now instead occupy a simulator position with Ferrari.
He joins recently-departed Mercedes protege and ex-Sauber/Manor racer Pascal Wehrlein, former academy driver Antonio Fuoco and Ferrari sportscar stalwart Davide Rigon.
Wehrlein joins the team after he was dropped by Mercedes during the 2018 season. He has since signed to race for Mahindra in Formula E which he will dovetail with his simulator duties.
Fuoco, a former member of Ferrari's junior scheme, has already undertaken simulator work alongside his Formula 2 commitments, having signed off from the category last year with two wins under his belt.
Rigon, meanwhile, has been a part of the Scuderia's line-up since 2014 where he races in GTE Pro for AF Corse, taking four world titles with the team.
The refreshed testing line-up for the Italian outfit was required after the squad's two leading simulator drivers found race seats on the 2019 F1 grid.
Daniil Kvyat was given the opportunity to return to the Toro Rosso team for the third time and subsequently left the Scuderia to take up the seat alongside Alexander Albon.
Antonio Giovinazzi was also handed an opportunity to race for the now rebranded Alfa Romeo Racing team. He will be joined by 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen.
There was the potential for Robert Kubica to have joined the simulator team, but the Pole decided to take up the race seat on offer from Williams.
"Our team has taken on four undoubtedly talented drivers, who possess innate feeling, with a strong understanding of race cars and tracks," said Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal, Mattia Binotto.
"These are exactly the qualities required in the skillful role of driving in a simulator, one of the vital pieces of equipment in the Formula 1 of today."
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