Ilott felt the ‘wow factor’ in Formula 1 debut
Date published:
April 30 2021
Callum Ilott was full of praise for the current Formula 1 machinery after making his FP1 debut with Alfa Romeo at the Portuguese GP.
The Briton was supposed to appear in FP1 with the Swiss outfit back at the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix before poor conditions caused all Friday running to be scrapped.
Thankfully though as part of a deal to become second reserve driver at Alfa Romeo, Ilott finally got his opportunity, and the Ferrari Driver Academy member made a strong impression.
By the end of FP1, he was only four tenths down on Kimi Raikkonen in the other Alfa and in front of both Haas’, as well as Nicholas Latifi.