McLaren looks to the future. There Woking stables has in fact formalized a new project, titled McLaren Driver Development, focusing on their young talent. The target? Trying to grow their youngsters before they land in the top flight where McLaren compete. McLaren believes so much in his nursery. To take part in the McLaren Driver Development project will be Pato O'Ward, Alex Palou and Ugo Ugochukwu.
McLaren Driver Development, Pirro director
The great news is mainly related to who will lead the Development project. Let's talk about Emmanuel Pirro. The former F1 driver from the 80s to the 90s, thus commented on this great result: “I am excited about this assignment for several reasons. McLaren has played a crucial role in my career by giving me the opportunity to gain a drive in F1 and take me to the next level working alongside Senna, Prost and Berger. Together with my team, my role will be to help create a cutting-edge program by selecting the best possible riders and providing them with all the tools they need to make the most of their talent. Furthermore, I will bring them into the team's mission, vision and values and hopefully one of them can progress to the F1 team."
“I love working with young people”
“An important asset for us are the IndyCar and Formula E teams, which will offer further professional career opportunities to our Driver Development members. I love working with young riders and helping them grow and improve. Every time I've done it in the past it's been an enriching experience and I can't wait to do it again. McLaren has an incredible history in F1. It means a lot to me and I am extremely proud to be a part of this program. I am grateful to Zak Brown and Andrea Stella for giving me this great opportunity."
The words of Zak Brown
Besides Pyrrhus, also came the words of the CEO of McLaren, Zak Brown"McLaren has a long history of developing emerging talent into top-level drivers and I'm proud this will continue into the future. At McLaren we have an experienced team, which will be ably led by Emanuele, capable of providing the support and resources needed to develop young talent into highly competitive professional drivers. With the extensive racing portfolio in Formula 1, IndyCar and Formula E, we are ideally placed to help develop young talent from the start of their career through to full-time driver or test and development roles. We already have an exciting stable of talent, with Pato, Alex and Ugo, and I'm thrilled to continue supporting their development as we begin to build the Driver Development programme."
