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McLaren names di Resta reserve for 70th Anniversary GP

McLaren has recruited Paul di Resta as its official reserve driver for this weekend's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. The former Force India charger, who subbed for Felipe Massa at Williams in 2017, underwent a seat fitting at Woking on Wednesday as a matter of precaution. McLaren has an agreement with Mercedes to call upon its reserve drivers in the event that either Carlos Sainz or Lando Norris should become unavailable. But Stoffel Vandoorne is committed to Mercedes' Formula E efforts in Berlin while Esteban Gutierrez does not currently hold a proper superlicence. Mercedes: Reserve driver Gutierrez not eligible to race in F1 While McLaren isn't forecasting any issues with...
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