The Brazilian driver will have his first opportunity on track with the MCL34
This Wednesday morning (15), Brazilian motorsport will once again have a driver aboard an F-1 car. Last November, Sérgio Sette Câmara was announced as a test and development driver for McLaren team and will drive for the first time with the car of the English team from Woking.
Sette started his work at McLaren in January and since then has done regular simulator sessions at the team’s headquarters. He has been working alongside several engineers helping in the development of this season’s car which, in relation to the team’s last year’s results, has had significant improvements.
The McLaren team will put only one of their cars on the track in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday and Wednesday. On the first day, the two official drivers of the team – Carlos Sainz and Lando Noris will have a go with the MCL34. On the second day, Sérgio will do his work in the morning while Oliver Turvey, also from the team’s development program, will take the cockpit in the afternoon.
This will be the second time that Serginho will have the opportunity to officially drive an F1 car. The first time was in July 2016, with Toro Rosso team, when he became the youngest Brazilian to drive a car of the main category of the motorsport world. This time, almost three years later, his duties will be different from that day.
“I’m really excited about the invitation to take part in my first test in the McLaren car. I have been working very hard on the simulator and I believe that my performance at the team headquarters gave me this chance to actually go to the track. According to what the team asked me to do on Wednesday morning we have to work on the adaptation and control of all the car’s commands, information exchange and feedback to the engineers and, of course, perform the determinations within the time requested. It will be a nice opportunity to show my performance effectively on the track and, perhaps, open up new track opportunities for the near future, “said the 20-year-old.
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