Speaking at the recent Ind圜ar season opener where Herta placed fourth at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. 26 Andretti Honda, earning a best of third in the 2020 drivers’ standings. Having trained extensively on the American and European open-wheel ladders, Herta was well-prepared to become a regular contender for Ind圜ar victories and championships in the No. F1 teams are mandated to run rookies in at least two FP1s this season, following a change of regulations to increase opportunities for young drivers.Ī six-time race winner since making the leap to Ind圜ar as a teenager in 2019, the Californian shot to prominence after becoming the series’ youngest winner in only his third start. Herta is likely to be joined by other drivers in McLaren’s TPC pool and at present, it does not currently include additional outings for the team in Free Practice 1 sessions. The son of former CART Ind圜ar driver Bryan Herta will engage with McLaren through F1’s TPC allowance - testing of previous car - where the team’s MC元5M chassis from 2021 or another recent model will be deployed for Herta’s dedicated outings. RACER has learned the front-running NTT Ind圜ar Series driver has been signed to a testing and development deal by McLaren that will see the 21-year-old take part in F1 tests designed to interweave within his full-time Andretti Autosport Ind圜ar program. Michael Andretti has applied to the governing FIA for an entry to become the 11th team in the Formula One championship by 2024 but that has met resistance from existing entries.Colton Herta will open his Formula 1 account with McLaren Racing. In 2019 he became Ind圜ar s youngest winner. The United States has not had a Formula One driver since Alexander Rossi in 2015 but Herta is a strong candidate to end that wait for a sport that will have three grands prix in the country next year. "Once we have tested all the candidates who we want to give a chance in a TPC car we will make our mind up who will actually run this free practice session."
"We have to do two times this year a (Friday) free practice session (at a grand prix) with a young driver. "The agreement with Colton is that we want to give him the chance to run our Formula One car to show what he s actually able to do in such a car," McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl told reporters. The southern Algarve circuit has hosted two Formula One grands prix and McLaren are running their car from Monday to Wednesday with test and development driver Will Stevens also involved.
The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport driver will be behind the wheel of last year s McLaren MC元5M as part of the team s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) programme. Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta is trying out a Formula One car for the first time with McLaren at Portugal s Portimao circuit this week, the British-based team said.
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