India's young upcoming driver Jehan Daruvala will race for reigning Formula 2 champions MP Motorsport (The Netherlands) as he returns to the Formula One feeder series in 2023.
Jehan started the Feature race from 10th on the grid. But he fought his way up to seventh as a combination of strategy, which put Jehan in the lead before his stops, and blistering speed after his late switch to fresh tyres, saw him climb up the order.
Jehan will drive McLaren's MCL35M car at the Silverstone circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday, becoming only the third Indian after Naraine Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok to drive a Formula 1 car.
The Indian racer has scored a podium in each of this season's three rounds so far, the only driver of the current crop to do so. That consistency has put the 23-year-old Prema Racing driver third in the overall drivers standings
This weekend marks the start of the championship's European season and Jehan will be hunting for another rostrum result straight up.
The 23-year-old from Mumbai began his weekend on the back foot after a mechanical issue hampered him in qualifying.
Jehan's continuing impressive performances in front of the Formula 1 teams at the Formula 1 support races ensures that he continues to lie second in the championship with 58 points
The 18-year-old Indian's feat came over 16 years after Narain Karthikeyan was on pole in Macau.
