diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
index 26287752..9600afac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
@@ -205,3 +205,59 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
+
+  R-CMD-check-dev-ff1:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }}) dev fastf1
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - name: setup r-reticulate venv
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+        run: |
+          python_packages <- c("numpy")
+
+          library(reticulate)
+          virtualenv_create("r-reticulate", Sys.which("python"))
+          virtualenv_install("r-reticulate", python_packages)
+          #force dev version install with repl python from reticulate
+          repl_python(quiet = TRUE)
+          %pip install git+https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1.git
+          exit
+
+          path_to_python <- virtualenv_python("r-reticulate")
+          writeLines(sprintf("RETICULATE_PYTHON=%s", path_to_python),
+                     Sys.getenv("GITHUB_ENV"))
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true