Medical car driver

The medical car driver, since , has been South African racing driver Alan van der Merwe, who has appeared at every race weekend since then.
==Medical Car Driver history==
During the 2000s, former Brazilian Grand Prix racer Alex Ribeiro drove the car. One time, he was lucky to escape with his life, after he opened the car door and Nick Heidfeld smashed into it as he was about to get out of the car.
Former Le Mans driver Jacques Tropenat drove the car until late after he caught an illness. Filling in his role for the rest of the year was first, Alexander Wurz in Singapore, then Sébastien Buemi for the last three races.
Since 2009, the driver of the car is van der Merwe, the 2003 British Formula 3 Champion. van der Merwe however sat out of his duties at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix due to testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by Formula E's safety car driver Bruno Correia for the event.
==Medical car drivers==
Name 	Duration	Notes
Alex Ribeiro 	2000s 	
Jacques Tropenat 	2000s- 	
Damien Faulkner 	 	Drove the car at 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix
Alexander Wurz 	 	Drove the car at
Sébastien Buemi 	 	Drove the car at , , and
Alan van der Merwe	-present	Current medical car driver
Bruno Correia 	 	Replaced van der Merwe at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix due to him testing positive for COVID-19.
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