“Honest!” Kyle Larson breaks silence on McLaren chief’s F1 driver swap comments
Hendrick Motorsports’ champion Kyle Larson is open to driving a Formula One car with McLaren racing team.
Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)
Hendrick Motorsports’ 2021 Cup champion Kyle Larson is arguably the biggest racing talent of his generation and his racing prowess is the reason that he is getting a second chance at racing in the 2025 Indy 500 with McLaren. The growing partnership with HMS and McLaren has also opened F1 opportunities for Larson as well.
McLaren racing CEO Zak Brown recently has confirmed that putting Larson in an F1 car is part of their plans, most probably a test run. Kyle Larson, who recently raised some eyebrows claiming he is better all-round racer than Max Verstappen, has responded to this claim and has shown his interest in exploring this opportunity.
Kyle Larson tells @KevinHarvick he would love to do an #F1 driver swap, but he'd rather do an open test where he could race against other drivers. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/AQKQoQN874
— HarvickHappyHour (@HarvickHappyPod) September 23, 2024
I would love to do it, and it sounds like hopefully, I’ll get to it down the road. I think it was an option this year, I just have so much going on. It’s like something that I need to plan probably a year in advance or more.
Kyle Larson told Kevin Harvick.
He went onto point out that, he would love to do an open test-style like the one after Abu Dhabi GP, the last race of F1 season. Larson wanted to do this because, he needs a proper bar in terms of speed to achieve which won’t be there if he attempts a FP1 session with some other young drivers coming up the F1 ladder.
I would like to, but, honestly, I would rather do it on one of those open test-style deals like after Abu Dhabi when other drivers are on the track, too. … I think that driver swaps are really cool, but you don’t really have like a bar…but I would love to strap in with 19 other cars out there and really see where you’re at on the speed charts.
Kyle Larson added.
Kyle Larson explains what will be at stake for him in a potential F1 test
The Hendrick Motorsports driver went onto explain how significant will be his runs if he gets the opportunity. He pointed out that if he runs well, he will prove US oval racers are really good and if he runs bad, it’s the other way around.
I think that would show how good American oval races are. That’d be neat. Or, if I was really bad, then it would just show how bad we are.
Kyle Larson said.
The points made by Kyle Larson are legit as if he gets into an F1 car, him being a NASCAR champion, there will be a lot in the line for him to prove. It will be interesting to see how a test will playout when he gets the shot in the future.
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