South American F-3 champion will test Indy Lights car

Brazilian racing driver Nelson Merlo, 25 years old, will be testing on next Monday, January 26, for Indy Lights Sam Schmidt Motorsport team at the Palm Beach (FL) circuit. Merlo will be in the USA during the whole week with the team, during pre-season tests at Palm Beach and Homestead circuits.

After that, he hopes to do a good job and get a chance at Indy Lights this year. “I know that what I will do at the track is very important. So, I’ll try to do my best for the team and get positive results," says Merlo. This test is part of his reward for winning the South American Formula 3 championship last year, in the last race of the season, at Interlagos circuit. Merlo is the only one driver in Brazil with three formula racing series titles in his career: Formula São Paulo, Formula Renault, and the last one, Formula-3 South America.