2021 Indycar champion Palou and talented Mexican O’Ward will do new tests with McLaren in Austin and Yas Marina
Another step forward for an “American” F1 driver, more precisely at McLaren. Alex Palou (Spaniard) and Pato O’Ward (Mexican), stars of Indycar, the top US open-wheel championship, will test with McLaren F1, the team announced in a statement.
palou in the us gp
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Palou, 2021 Indycar champion, will drive Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren MCL35 in the first free practice of the US GP on 21 October. “I am really excited at the thought of my first F1 test,” said the Spaniard. “Even more special to drive in Austin, America, in front of so many fans who may have already seen me in action in the Indycar,” he added.
o’ward test f1 in abu dhabi
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O’Ward, third in the 2021 Indycar championship, will drive in the first free practice sessions of the Abu Dhabi GP, the last of the 2022 F1 season, in place of Lando Norris. For O’Ward this is not an absolute novelty because he had already carried out some tests at the end of last season. “I can’t wait to be on track in Abu Dhabi”, said the Arrow-McLaren driver, “it will be another fantastic experience”.
piastri wait
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At the base of the choice of the two made in Indycar drivers, as well as reasons of opportunity in view of a future and possible landing in F1 of a driver known to the general American public, there is also the impossibility for McLaren to field the young man in the tests. Oscar Piastri, who the Zak Brown team showed at the Alpine in August 2022 and will line up as a starter on the starting grid for the 2023 F1 World Championship. But the 21-year-old Australian, whose transition from Alpine to McLaren had a controversial aftermath , is still formally under contract until the end of the year with the French team.
October 14, 2022 – 3:45 pm
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