2025 F2 champion, Leonardo Fornaroli enjoys his second outing as reserve driver for McLaren.
Working with the Woking outfit’s Testing of Earlier Vehicles staff, Fornaroli drove the 2023 automobile for the second time, following his debut on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in March.
The 21-year-old accomplished 68 laps round Silverstone, his programme being an evolution of the one he ran throughout his maiden take a look at because the staff seems to proceed his improvement plan. The plan centered on longer runs, decrease gas hundreds, and a mixture of laborious and delicate tyres.
Within the weeks since his first take a look at, Fornaroli has continued to assist the staff trackside, attending the Japanese Grand Prix. He has additionally been a daily on the McLaren Know-how Centre, working carefully with the staff and logging in depth simulator time.
The 21-year-old, who was born in Piacenza, which performed an vital function within the historical past of Ferrari, will proceed to drive the MCL60 all year long with additional checks deliberate at a wide range of totally different circuits as a part of his ongoing coaching.
„One other good day on monitor,“ stated the 2024 F3 champion, „it was wonderful to be again within the MCL60. Silverstone is one among my favorite circuits, so I am grateful to McLaren for the chance to get again behind the wheel of an F1 automobile there.
„With it being my second take a look at, the run plan was extra superior,“ he continued, „so I acquired to strive some totally different setups and run with totally different ranges of gas, which continues to assist my understanding of driving a System 1 automobile.
„I am very pleased with immediately,“ he added, „and I continued to make enhancements from my take a look at a number of weeks in the past, getting much more comfy with these machines.
„I sit up for persevering with to check this 12 months, one thing that is essential as a part of my function as reserve driver, and for my improvement throughout the DDP programme.“
