Michael Andretti has applied to the governing FIA for an entry to become the 11th team in the Formula One championship by 2024 but that has met resistance from existing entries. RACER has learned the front-running NTT Ind圜ar Series driver has been signed to a testing and development deal by McLaren that will see the 21-year-old take part in F1 tests designed to interweave within his full-time Andretti Autosport Ind圜ar program. In 2019 he became Ind圜ar's youngest winner. Colton Herta will open his Formula 1 account with McLaren Racing. The United States has not had a Formula One driver since Alexander Rossi in 2015 but Herta is a strong candidate to end that wait for a sport that will have three grands prix in the country next year. "Once we have tested all the candidates who we want to give a chance in a TPC car we will make our mind up who will actually run this free practice session." "We have to do two times this year a (Friday) free practice session (at a grand prix) with a young driver. "The agreement with Colton is that we want to give him the chance to run our Formula One car to show what he's actually able to do in such a car," McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl told reporters. Herta has impressed during his time in Ind圜ar, becoming the series’ youngest-ever winner in 2019 and taking six career victories so far. The southern Algarve circuit has hosted two Formula One grands prix and McLaren are running their car from Monday to Wednesday with test and development driver Will Stevens also involved. The final driver in the frame is Colton Herta. The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport driver will be behind the wheel of last year's McLaren MC元5M as part of the team's Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) programme. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Four custom McLaren GTs lined the curb in front of St. Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta is trying out a Formula One car for the first time with McLaren at Portugal's Portimao circuit this week, the British-based team said. LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Race-winning U.S.
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