Mahaveer Raghunathan became the third Indian to test an F1 car on Tuesday when he attended a private session with Alfa Romeo Racing at the Hungaroring. The Turin team carried out the private test together with the Pirelli tire development test carried out by the other teams. Mahaveer was an interesting choice for the team considering he didn’t have the best records in his single-seater career.
Mahaveer Raghunathan tests for Alfa Romeo Racing
Mahaveer Raghunathan tested a Formula 1 car for the first time in his career on Tuesday when he completed 71 laps on the Hungaroring. According to Mahaveer, Theo Pourchaire had a test run on Wednesday. Both drivers got to know the car before testing it on the Sauber simulator in Switzerland. After driving the Alfa Romeo C38 on Tuesday, Mahaveer said it was a dream come true for him.
According to PTI, the 22-year-old from Chennai said: “I have been looking forward to my first F1 test for a long time and it was a great day with the Alfa Romeo F1 car. I have been preparing for it.” with the team last week and I had a lot of fun. I have to thank the entire Sauber Motorsports team for giving me this opportunity. I also owe that to my friend Luca Zerbini, who made this possible, “said Mahaveer.
The Indian F1 racing driver is no stranger to the Hungarian circuit as he has also competed in the Italian F4 (2014), the Euro Formula Open (2015), the Auto GP (2016), the GP3 series (2016) and the Michelin Me Mans Cup (2018). He finished 20th in the F2 ranking in 2019. His biggest career achievement is winning the Boss GP series in 2017.
F1 2021 calendar: which is the next race?
According to the F1 2021 calendar, the next race will be the Belgian Grand Prix. The Belgian GP will be held from August 27th to 29th at the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The full schedule for the weekend is shown below.
Friday, August 27th
Free Practice One: 3:00 PM IST to 4:00 PM IST
Free Practice Two: 6:30 PM IST to 7:30 PM IST
Saturday July 31st
Free Practice 3: 3:30 PM IST to 4:30 PM IST
Qualifying: 6:30 PM IST to 7:30 PM IST
Sunday 1st August
Main Race: 6:30 PM IST to 8:30 PM IST
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