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For: Kike Frías
Saturday, September 21
The Mexican Pato O'Ward had his first opportunity in Formula 1
The Formula 1 season is over but the training and testing of the different teams continues. This Tuesday 18 December already aboard a McLaren racing car the Mexican driver Pato O’Ward .
Coming from the Indycar, Pato achieved the best time of the day, followed by the Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri (Alpine) and Formula E driver Nyck de Vries (Mercedes).
The Mexican shared at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with current champion Max Verstappen , who had imperfects in his vehicle only in the first lap.
Other drivers in their teams such as Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Lance Stroll ( Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Mick Shumacher (Haas), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and the new addition of Alfa Romeo Valtteri Bottas were able to test the new 18 inch .
Also highlights the debut of Chinese Guanyu Zhou, who finished with the fifth best time (1: 26: 263), with the Italian team Alfa Romeo.
Pato O’Ward finished ecstatic
The Mexican driver was satisfied after his first time running vehicles of the “highest category of motorsport ”And forged a good experience in Indycar.
“I dont know Compare, it is not to belittle Indycar, but what this car is capable of is ridiculous, there is nothing in the world that equals it, it is everything you can imagine multiplied by 10 ”
He also expressed how amazing it is reach 200 miles per hour on the track, which he rated as a “ roller coaster”.