Jose María ‘Pechito’ López has begun his activities as USF1 pilot
The USF1 official pilot, the Argentinean, José María “pechito” López yesterday flew from the Córdoba Airport to Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, to visit for second time the USF1 headquarters.
As has been reported from Argentina, José María López will stay a few hours with the team and later will fly to Austria. This is the pilot’s second visit to the United States of America, even though it will be the first as member of the US ‘scuderia,’ and will allow a dialogue with his team-mates, as well as to learn the details regarding the construction and assembly of the Type1.
“Pechito” will hang out with the new team for several hours this Saturday and later, in the evening, travel again, this time to Austria to continue his physical training in Erwin Gollner High Performance Center.
The work plan will begin February 7th to the 14th, returning to the USA on Monday 15th and then, wait until the works on his single-seater end, so to tackle the first test, yet to be confirmed.
“Days are passing by and the possibility to be behind the steering wheel of the F-1 car is getting closer. I’m flying to Charlotte to visit the people from the team, talk with them, and see how advanced is the construction of the car. Later, I’ll fly to Austria, to continue my physical training beside;” the pilot from Cordoba, Argentina stated.
“These days in Cordoba with my family and friends were great for me. To be a bit more relaxed and knowing the everything was closed.” “2009 was very intense. I almost didn’t have any time to rest, but now I’m 100 percent available for the team to start with the work,” he expressed.
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