Coronel Tests Champcar.
Probable Arrows F1 test driver Tom Coronel got his first run in a Champcar over the weekend, courtesy of the Della Penna outfit.
The team, which has yet to decide whether to run a second car alongside regular pilot Richie Hearn, has tested several young drivers over the winter break and added Coronel to that number on the strength of his FNippon championship victory. The Dutchman acclimatised well to his new mount, and impressed team boss John Della Penna in the process.
Probable Arrows F1 test driver Tom Coronel got his first run in a Champcar over the weekend, courtesy of the Della Penna outfit.
The team, which has yet to decide whether to run a second car alongside regular pilot Richie Hearn, has tested several young drivers over the winter break and added Coronel to that number on the strength of his FNippon championship victory. The Dutchman acclimatised well to his new mount, and impressed team boss John Della Penna in the process.
"It was his first time in this kind of car," Della Penna said, "and it's completely different from anything he has driven before. But he was quite impressive - and he's certainly fast. At this point, it was just an evaluation run, but there is potential.
"There's a chance that maybe we can run a second car later in the year, so we thought let's put [Coronel] in the car, see what he can do, put the word around Europe and maybe we can get the sponsors interested. I definitely think he's got a lot of potential."
