McLaren Driver Development Programme: Difference between revisions

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In April 2023, the Young Driver Programme was replaced by the Driver Development Programme.<ref name="YDP" /> Later in October, the programme signed its first female driver in [[Bianca Bustamante]], who will represent McLaren in the [[2024 F1 Academy season]].<ref name="Bustamante" /><ref name="F1ASupportingteam">{{Cite web |date=26 July 2023 |title=All 10 Formula 1 teams will have F1 Academy drivers and liveries for the 2024 season |url=https://www.f1academy.com/Latest/1OnyO0KBfbAIWbs4ywG6ia/all-10-formula-1-teams-will-have-f1-academy-drivers-and-liveries |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029211249/https://www.f1academy.com/Latest/1OnyO0KBfbAIWbs4ywG6ia/all-10-formula-1-teams-will-have-f1-academy-drivers-and-liveries |archive-date=2023-10-29 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=F1® Academy |language=en}}</ref> In October 2024, the programme signed its second female driver in [[Ella Lloyd]], who will represent McLaren in the [[2025 F1 Academy season]]<ref name="25F1A" /> in place of Bustamante, who will leave the series after completing her second season at the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rules and Regulations |url=https://www.f1academy.com/About/5tFG4jMNrPG2LzxYgk5mxU/rules-and-regulations |access-date=15 October 2024 |website=[[F1 Academy]] |language= |quote=Additionally, all drivers may only compete in two seasons of the series.}}</ref>

==Current drivers==

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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryō Hirakawa]]{{efn|name="TGR"|Hirakawa was simultaneously a member of the [[TGR Driver Challenge Program]].}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jogia |first=Saajan |date=2023-09-22 |title=F1 News: McLaren Takes on New Reserve Driver |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-mclaren-takes-on-new-reserve-driver-sj4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072801/https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/f1-news-mclaren-takes-on-new-reserve-driver-sj4 |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-24 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |language=en}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name="TGR"|Hirakawa was simultaneously a member of the [[TGR Driver Challenge Program]].}}

|align=center| 2023–2024

| [[Super Formula]] ([[2023 Super Formula Championship|2023]])<br>'''[[FIA World Endurance Championship]]''' ('''[[2023 FIA World Endurance Championship|2023]]'''–[[2024 FIA World Endurance Championship|2024]])