“As always here at McLaren, we take it step by step,” Seidl said when asked if Herta was a candidate to drive for the team in ’24. It’s believed McLaren will have an open ride in 2024 with drivers Daniel Riccardio and Lando Norris signed through at least 2023. That will be part of our evaluation as well as to what next potential steps could look like.” And then we’ll have quite a picture and good idea. Said Seidl: “The team will go into data and detail to get an initial idea of the potential Colton has shown in our car. I wanted to see what these cars were all about, and luckily, McLaren was able to give me that chance.” All the engineers have been great at getting me up to speed. “(F1) is a goal of mine and has been for a while now. You really want to impress people with how fast you can drive a race car no matter what the circumstances.
I was able to make some setup adjustments in the afternoon and get it more to my liking. It was super special to drive and handled beautifully. “That was the goal of getting over here was get acclimated, get up to speed and really see what I can do in a race car. “It’s hard to get in a race car and not drive it as fast as you possibly can,” Herta said. Herta ended the test with the confidence he can be an F1 driver – and he’s hoping he left the same impression with McLaren, even though it wasn’t the initial goal of the test. Seidl said the team put Herta through the paces with race simulation runs, varying tire compounds and fuel loads and also focusing on different driving techniques. Thank you for the opportunity👊🏻👊🏻 /2eYO8dbOja What is disappointing and in my opinion, the fundamental problem, is that the sporting element so often took a backseat to the business side that here had to be a method put in place in order for certain teams to stop taking drivers solely based on their financial backing.What an amazing 2 days! First taste of a Formula One car was sweet.
“Motorsport still remains as the most high profile sport in the world where money can outweigh talent. That’s also great and he should get that opportunity if it’s offered to him. We all agree Colton has the talent and capability to be in F1.
“The whole premise of it was to keep people from buying their way into F1 and allowing talent to be the motivating factor,” Rossi wrote on social media. Rossi, who has spent the last four seasons as Herta’s teammate at Andretti Autosport, lashed out this week because “I’m so sick and tired of this back and forth” regarding the licensing. He qualified on the front row in 2021 and finished a career-best eighth in 2020. Herta has won seven Ind圜ar races, is the youngest winner in series history and has four starts in the Indianapolis 500. Ind圜ar drivers have criticized the system in defense of Herta and the intense, close racing of their own highly competitive series.
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