F1: Herta to test McLaren F1 car this week (3rd Update)

Additional Photos from Colton Herta’s first McLaren F1 test:

Colton Herta testing a year-old McLaren F1 car at Portimao
Colton Herta testing a year-old McLaren F1 car at Portimao
Colton Herta lunch break McLaren F1 test at Portimao
Colton Herta testing a year-old McLaren F1 car at Portimao

July 11, 2022 

Above is the first photo of Herta in the McLaren at Portimao today, and below is a video taking from outside the track.


July 11, 2022 

Colton Herta has been spotted in the McLaren garage at Portimao.


July 10, 2022 

The McLaren F1 team will test young drivers ahead of the French GP at Portimao, Portugal over a 5-day period.

The team will test American Colton Herta on Monday and Tuesday, the simulator tester – Will Stevens on Wednesday and Prema F2 driver Jehan Daruvala on Thursday or Friday.

The 2-day test for Herta will prepare him to run a FP1 later this year.

“We have an agreement with Colton where we wanted to give him a chance to run a Formula 1 car to show what he is actually able to do in such a car,” McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl said.

“We have the possibility to run a one-year-old car this year and that’s the objective of the test, first to see how he is doing there.”

Seidl revealed that the team will use the Portimao test as part of its ongoing driver evaluation that will help McLaren “make our mind up who will actually run in those practice sessions”.

Seidl also said McLaren will run “one or two” of its simulator drivers.