However, the entire deal is contingent on American Herta, 22, being given the green light by the FIA to secure a mandatory F1 super license - but he has only 32 of the required 40 points. "Amazingly, all of the parties and teams involved found an agreement," confirmed Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko. Renault-owned Alpine has reached an agreement with Red Bull to see Pierre Gasly released from his deal at Alpha Tauri to be Esteban Ocon's teammate next year.Īmerican Herta, 22, has even secured a conditional release from his Indycar team, Andretti Autosport.
“So I would say our initial impression or conclusion, even if it sounds like a boring answer, we are happy with what both guys have shown so far.Red Bull and Alpine are not giving up on their plans surrounding Indycar star Colton Herta for the 2023 season. “He had a good test with us last year in Abu Dhabi, where we were very happy with how Pato was preparing himself for the test, how he was performing then throughout the test. “Regarding further test opportunities for Pato, it is something we are evaluating at the moment,” Seidl said. The young Mexican driver, who currently drives for Arrow McLaren SP in Ind圜ar and is a championship contender for the third straight year, tested an F1 car for the team last winter. Seidl said too that Herta’s Ind圜ar rival and former Indy Lights teammate Pato O’Ward would be another driver considered. And, yeah, that's a process that we are in, in the next weeks.” We plan to do that at the race weekends at some point after the summer break, so we still have time in order to decide when we actually do that, and who we put in the car. “As you know, we are obliged by the regulations that we have to run an F1 rookie two times this year in a Free Practice 1 session. And what was great to see as well, his physical preparation was enabling him to really keep going throughout the two days, knowing how challenging this can be in the Formula 1 car on a track like Portimao. “I have to say, the team was quite impressed how Colton was dealing with all these challenges and with his professional approach.
Getting used to different operational aspects of Formula One race weekends, like comparing different tire compounds, running at different fuel loads as well, do quali runs, do race simulation runs as well. First and foremost, giving Colton the chance to get used to the car but then also switching focus on working on different, let's say, driving techniques, for example. “When you do these two test days, there's different testing objectives, obviously. And that was the focus and what comes next is something we take it step by step, we take our time as well. Asked if Herta ws a serious contender for a McLaren F1 seat in 2024, Andreas Seidl responded: “The objective for this test today was, as Colton mentioned, to give Colton the chance to experience an F1 car for the first time and explore its performance.
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