Schumacher completes maiden McLaren F1 test in Portimao

Schumacher took the wheel of McLaren’s 2021 MCL35M car on Wednesday as part of F1’s so-called TPC rules, which allow tests with two-year-old machinery.

The test is part of Mercedes’ arrangement of sharing its test and reserve drivers with McLaren, which takes customer engines from the German manufacturer.

In previous years it had agreed a deal with Mercedes to call upon Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries in case it needed to replace one of its race drivers.

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