モーター racing-IndyCar drivers Palou and O'区 to 運動 for McLaren in F1 practice
Oct 14 (Reuters) - IndyCar young guns Alex Palou and Pato O'区 will 運動 for McLaren in 解放する／自由な practice at the U.S. and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, the 決まり文句／製法 One team said on Friday.
Spanish driver Palou will step into Daniel Ricciardo's seat for the first 解放する／自由な practice on Oct. 21 at the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs Grand Prix at the 回路・連盟 of the Americas in Austin.
Mexico's O'区 will take over Lando Norris's car for a 解放する／自由な practice 開会／開廷／会期 at the final event on the F1 calendar, the Nov. 18-20 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Both drivers have 実験（する）d in McLaren F1 cars but the practice 開会／開廷／会期s 示す the first time they will have 参加するd in a Grand Prix 週末.
"With Alex´s 広大な／多数の／重要な successes in IndyCar, it will be useful for the team to get his feedback on the car and for us to continue to 評価する him as a driver," said McLaren team 主要な／長／主犯 Andreas Seidl in a 声明.
O'区 and Palou, along with American Colton Herta, have not been shy about their ambitions to move to 決まり文句／製法 One.
Earlier this year, 2021 IndyCar 支持する／優勝者 Palou had 発表するd he would be joining McLaren for the 2023 season but the 25-year-old was 封鎖するd from the move by his IndyCar team 半導体素子 Ganassi Racing, who said they would be 演習ing their 選択 to 保持する the driver.
Ganassi とじ込み／提出するd a 訴訟 against Palou for 違反 of 契約 which was later 孤立した, with the Spanish driver agreeing to see out his 取引，協定 and the team 許すing him to 参加する 実験（する）s with McLaren, as long as those 適切な時期s did not 衝突 with his IndyCar 義務s.
"I´m so excited to be making my F1 週末 debut. It´s 広大な／多数の／重要な to be 運動ing in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs in 前線 of fans that may have seen me race in IndyCar," said Palou in a 声明.
O'区, 23, had two 勝利，勝つs for Arrow McLaren last season and is under 契約 to the team through to 2025.
Herta, the youngest race 勝利者 ever in IndyCar when he won at 回路・連盟 of the Americas in 2019 at 18-years-old, had been linked to a move from Andretti Autosport to AlphaTauri next season but the 22-year-old American did not qualify for the necessary F1 最高の licence. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Steve Keating in Toronto. Editing by Christian Radnedge)
