Colton Herta, who will be competing in IndyCar, started a two-day F1 test with McLaren at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal on Monday, July 12.
Colton Herta, praised as the next American driver to race in F1, prepares for McLaren’s official practice session on Friday at the upcoming Grand Prix with the undecided McLaren F1 team. In 2021, I started running on the MCL35M, which is an F1 machine.
Colton Herta, who has been competing in IndyCar from Andretti Autosport and has won seven so far, has spent several years in European motorsport in the past, hiding his ambitions to race in F1. do not have.
“It’s a serious ambition,” Colton Herta said recently.
“There are a lot of things I want to say I did when I finished the race, and F1 is pretty high on one of those lists.”
Andreas Seidl, McLaren’s F1 team representative, said of Colton Herta’s F1 test, “We wanted to give him the opportunity to drive an F1 car and show what he can really do with such a car. “.
“The purpose of the test is to see how he’s doing there. As you know, we need to have two free practice sessions with young rivers this year. TPC (Testing of Previous Cars) cars Once you’ve tested all the candidates you think have given you a chance, decide who will actually run in those practice sessions. “
“We have a three-day test, so maybe one or two simulator drivers will run to give a fresh impression that they are also driving on the truck.”
Colton Herta is closely associated with Michael Andretti’s Andretti Global, who is looking to enter as a new F1 team, but its quest has been consistently delayed by rival teams with a say in the new entry.
22-year-old Colton Herta still has several contracts to test with the McLaren F1 team, but keeps the F1 option open while competing with Andretti Autosport and IndyCar. ..
One of Colton Herta’s rivals, Pato O’Ward, also had the opportunity to test a McLaren F1 car in a post-season test following the final race in Abu Dhabi last season, and that experience was shared in his career. It is described as “one of the best”.
Pato O’Ward has also been linked to F1 seats for the past few years and has the advantage of being driven by the Arrow McLaren SP, which is currently owned and operated by McLaren Racing.
The last American driver on the grid in F1 was IndyCar’s Andretti Autosport and Colton Herta’s teammate Alexander Rossi.
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