Palou, O’Ward to drive for McLaren in US and Abu Dhabi F1 FP1 sessions

Palou will take part in FP1 at the United States Grand Prix, taking over Daniel Ricciardo’s car for the 60 minute session at Circuit of the Americas, while O’Ward will drive Lando Norris’s car in opening practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

These outings follow the pair’s driver development tests in the MCL35M and fulfil the team’s two young driver outings, as mandated in the sporting regulations.

Andreas Seidl, team principal, said: “We’re pleased…