F1: Daly To Conduct Aero Test For Force India

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F1: Daly To Conduct Aero Test For Force India

Conor Daly, the son of former F1 driver Derek Daly, will conduct an aero test for Sahara Force India...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted May 16, 2012 Balen (BEL)

Conor Daly, 20, is preparing to conduct an aero test for Sahara Force India on Thursday at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. (Photo: Sahara Force India)

Conor Daly will have his first F1 experience when he undertakes an aero test for Sahara Force India on Thursday at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire.

The 20-year-old, who scored his first GP3 win in Barcelona on Sunday, spent part of the Spanish GP weekend with the F1 team, and then had a seat fitting at the team’s Silverstone base on Tuesday.

Daly’s opportunity comes some 30 years after his father Derek enjoyed his final F1 season with Williams, as teammate to the 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg.

Although his father is Irish, Daly was born in Noblesville, Ind., and has always raced under the American flag.

He drives for the Lotus (formerly ART) team in GP3, whose co-owner Nicolas Todt also manages regular Sahara Force India test driver Jules Bianchi.

Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.