He said the car handled beautifully and with some setup adjustments in the afternoon, the McLaren crew tailor-made the setup to Herta’s liking. Herta went into the F1 test with the intention of driving it as fast as he could once, he got acclimated and up to speed.

I hope the car I’ve been driving for the last three years won’t be too hard to pop into and go fast.” “I felt like I got acclimated quite quickly to the F1 car. “Looking forward to this weekend racing in Toronto, but as far as getting acclimated back to the car it won’t be an issue,” Herta said. It’s the first time Ind圜ar has been to Toronto since 2019 because the 20 races on the streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place were cancelled because of the COVD-19 Pandemic. Herta returns to North America for this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto NTT Ind圜ar Series race.

“I have to thank Andreas Seidl (Team Principal, McLaren F1 Team) and Zak Brown (McLaren CEO) with letting me borrow their car.” It’s really special to have a first test in a Formula One car, but to have that test in a race winning Formula One car is even cooler. “It’s a little bit of a different driving style, but the engineers were very helpful getting me up to speed. “It was a lot of fun, a great two days getting acclimated to the car which is quite a bit different from what I’m used to driving,” Herta said afterwards. This week, it was Herta’s turn for an F1 test with McLaren.

Last year, Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward of Monterey, Mexico tested for McLaren F1 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on December 14. Herta and Norris were actually teammates in 2015 in the European junior formulas of racing. Currently, McLaren’s drivers include Daniel Ricciardo, 33, from Perth, Australia and Lando Norris, 22, from Bristol, England. The next step is luring more top drivers from around the world into the series. To meet that demand, a third United States Grand Prix will take place on the streets of Las Vegas on Thanksgiving Weekend 2023. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) Getty Imagesį1 Chief Executive Chase Carey of Liberty Media has given the international racing series the right approach to international promotion and television rights to create an appetite for the series with new fans, particularly the highly sought younger demographic. talks with McLaren Chief Executive Officer Zak Brown on the grid before the Formula One Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone on Jin Northampton, England. NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 08: Chase Carey, CEO and Executive Chairman of the Formula One Group.

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