Herta described McLaren’s MC元5M as “a completely different feel” to his Andretti-run Ind圜ar, recognizing the “pretty incredible” torque and “the straight-line speed, the acceleration, the braking,” while also the requirement of “slowing down the hands” because of the power steering on a Formula 1 car.
I felt like I got to the limit about mid-way through the day but that was just separate corners being put together, whereas by the end of the second day I was pretty confident at putting the laps together in low fuel, high fuel, and everything in-between.” Yeah, very happy with how the test went.”įor Herta’s part he “felt comfortable right away” but acknowledged “the biggest thing was putting a lap together. This allowed him to build up pace gradually, get confidence, and finding always the right balance between taking risk and keeping the car on the track which is important on a test like this. “I have to say the team was quite impressed at how Colton was dealing with all these challenges and his professional approach, his physical preparation was enabling him to really keep going throughout these two days, knowing how challenging this can be in a Formula 1 car on a track like Portimao. “Then different (driving) techniques, getting used to a different operational aspect of Formula 1 race weekends like comparing different tire compounds, running at different fuel loads, do quali runs, race simulation runs as well.Ĭolton Herta got his first laps in a Formula 1 car on Tuesday in Porugal.
“First and foremost (the test was to) give Colton the opportunity to get used to the car,” Seidl said. McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl was encouraged by the performance of the 22-year-old. Herta reiterated that targeting a Formula 1 seat “is a goal of mine and has been for a while” but emphasized that the two-day test was mainly “to see what these cars are all about, and luckily McLaren was able to give me a chance.” And what a car to drive, it’s really special to not only have a first test in a Formula 1 car but to have it in a race-winning Formula 1 car is even cooler.”
“It’s a little bit of a different driving style but the engineers were very helpful getting me up to speed. “It was a lot of fun, a great two days getting acclimated to the car, which is obviously quite a bit different to what I’m used to driving,” said Herta. Colton Herta tested a McLaren F1 car in Portugal on Monday and Tuesday.
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