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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said this was due to the team's "very targeted" approach and already stable Formula One line-up, meaning it would be difficult for any young drivers to find a place in Formula One. [2] [3] In April 2023, the Young Driver Programme was replaced by the Driver Development Programme. [4]
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]
McLaren GT Driver Academy logo. The McLaren GT Driver Academy, formerly known as McLaren GT Young Driver Programme is the programme launched by McLaren GT in 2015 to offer greater benefits to a larger pool of drivers who hold a range of different on-track experience.
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Signed to the McLaren Young Driver Programme from 2010 to 2019, De Vries won his first championship at the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2014 with Koiranen. He finished third in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series before winning multiple races in the 2016 GP3 Series .
In 2015, Watson made a switch to the British GT Championship driving a McLaren 650S GT3 for Von Ryan Racing as part of the McLaren Young Driver Programme. [3] He is competing in the GT3 class, a step-up from the GT4 class he previously drove in the 2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup .
In September 2023, McLaren announced that Hirakawa has joined the McLaren Driver Development Programme and will be the team's reserve driver for the 2024 season. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On 12 October 2023, Hirakawa tested Formula One machinery for the first time, driving the team's 2021 -spec MCL35M at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya alongside Pato O ...
The 2019 winner received a test in a Red Bull Racing car at Silverstone, as Aston Martin was the team's sponsor, and test in an FIA World Endurance Championship Aston Martin Vantage GTE car. The Award was not held in 2020, but since 2021, the winner has received a test in an Aston Martin F1 Team car and an overall £200,000 prize fund.