Herta testing with McLaren F1 group in Portugal this week

• Race-winning U.S. IndyCar driver Colton Herta.
• Formula One vehicle interestingly with McLaren.
• Portugal’s Portimao circuit this week, the British-based group.

Herta will be in the driver’s seat of last year’s McLaren MCL35M as a component of the group’s Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) program.

The southern Algarve circuit has facilitated two Formula One grands prix and McLaren are running their vehicle from Monday to Wednesday with test and advancement driver Will Stevens likewise involved.

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“The concurrence with Colton is that we need to allow him the opportunity to run our Formula One vehicle to show what he’s really ready to do in such a vehicle,” McLaren group head Andreas Seidl told journalists.

“We need to complete twice this year a (Friday) free practice meeting (at a stupendous prix) with a youthful driver.

“Whenever we have tried every one of the competitors who we need to allow an opportunity in a TPC vehicle we will make our psyche up who will really run this free practice meeting.”

The United States has not had a Formula One driver since Alexander Rossi in 2015 yet Herta is areas of strength for a to end that hang tight for a game that will have three grands prix in the country one year from now.

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