Jehan Completes Successful Formula One Test With McLaren

ByPT Reporter

Indian champion racer and toast of our community, 23-year-old Jehan Daruvala, made a successful Formula One Test debut this week, with world championship-winning team – McLaren. Jehan drove the Woking-based team’s 2021 race-winning challenger – the MCL35M – on 21st and 22nd June, 2022, at British Grand Prix venue – Silverstone. Jehan ran trouble-free on both days.

The test was Jehan’s first taste of Formula One machinery and he chalked up over 130 laps combined over two days, over twice the distance F1 drivers will cover during next weekend’s British Grand Prix. Jehan is now eligible for a Formula One Superlicence.

Jehan said, “I really enjoyed my first time driving a Formula One car. I felt immediately at home and while it was physically more demanding than anything I have driven in the past, I didn’t have any issues with my fitness. As a result, we were able to work through the run plan well and complete everything we had mapped out. We did a mixture of high-fuel long runs and as well as shorter, low-fuel runs on different tyre compounds. That gave me a good understanding of how teams operate on an F1 weekend. Overall, I’m very pleased with how the two days went, how I coped and the mileage we were able complete. I felt I was able to push closer to the limit with every lap and I can’t wait to drive one of these cars again.”

Jehan currently races with Italian team Prema in the Formula 2 Championship, the feeder series that sits one step below Formula One, and is third in the overall standings. The Red Bull-backed racer, who remains a part of the Red Bull Junior Team, is a three-time F2 winner and has scored 12 podiums in the category, including five Top-3 finishes from six rounds, this season alone. He aims at becoming the first Indian to win the Formula 2 title this season and only the third racer from the country to race in Formula One.

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