Oscar Piastri "super excited" after McLaren F1 shakedown in Bahrain
McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have driven the team’s 2023 F1 car for the first time in Bahrain.
At a filming day ahead of the three-day pre-season test, both Norris and Piastri completed laps in the new MCL60.
“Nice to get back in a current F1 car again,” said the Australian F1 debutant.
“It was a good day.”
“Everything went smoothly, which was the most important thing, now we’re ready for testing.”
The filming day was Piastri’s first day in the current Formula 1 car, which is set to more than double at the following test.
“We’ve only got three days between myself and Lando, so a day and a half each to get up to speed before the season starts,” said Piastri.
“There’ll be a lot of learning going on for both myself and the team.”
The Australian says he is extremely excited to finally make his Formula 1 debut.
“First year, debut year, I’ve been waiting a long time for this, so to finally have it happening, it’s nice.”
“I feel like I’m well-embedded in the team now, ready to go testing and then put it all into proper action next week.”
Formula 1 pre-season testing runs 23-25 February in Bahrain.
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