McLaren IndyCar drivers to get F1 tests

O'Ward and Askew may get an F1 test with McLaren

The McLaren F1 team could give an opportunity to its young IndyCar driver line-up to take part in Formula 1 tests next year.

The Arrows McLaren SP IndyCar squad recently announced that it had signed former Red Bull junior Patricio O’Ward and 2019 Indy Lights champion Oliver Askew to compete for them in 2020.

And now McLaren has hinted that it could look at its new young signings as a possible pool of talent to help them with F1 test and development work.

“While the projects are separate, they complement each other commercially,", McLaren CEO Zak Brown said of the possibility of using resources from both the F1 and IndyCar operations in future.

“We don’t have a young driver under contract for 2020," he added. "So I wouldn’t be surprised to see one of those guys in one of our F1 cars around a rookie test."