Le Mans legend Emanuele Pirro will lead McLaren's overhauled young driver programme with the aim of finding the next stars for F1, IndyCar and Formula E.
Ex-Formula 1 racer and five-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele Pirro will head up McLaren’s overhauled young driver programme.McLaren has a long history of giving drivers a break into F1 – in recent years this includes Lewis Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne and Lando Norris, who this year was joined at the orange team by rookie Oscar Piastri.
McLaren hopes its initiative will also supply race, test or development drivers for its IndyCar and Formula E teams, with Pirro – who has worked as an FIA F1 steward in recent years – returning to the organisation where he was previously its official test driver in between 1988 and 1992, while he raced in F1 for Benetton and then Scuderia Italia from 1989-1991.
“An important asset for us are the IndyCar and Formula E teams, which will give extra opportunities for a professional career to our McLaren driver development members. “I am grateful to Zak Brown [McLaren CEO] and Andrea Stella [McLaren F1 team principal] for giving me this great opportunity."McLaren’s current young driver crop comprises IndyCar stars Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward – with the former also McLaren’s 2023 F1 reserve driver while racing for the Ganassi IndyCar squad – and Formula 4 racer Ugo Ugochukwu.
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