F1: 'Remarkable' di Resta gets McLaren F1 chance.

Formula 1 » 'Remarkable' di Resta gets McLaren F1 chance. Thursday, 9th October 2008 Mercedes' DTM title contender and former F3 Euroseries champion Paul di Resta finally gets his chance to follow in F1 world championship leader Lewis Hamilton's footsteps - with four days' testing for McLaren-Mercedes. Paul di Resta has been rewarded for his stellar 2008 campaign in the DTM by being given his first outing in a Formula One car since winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year accolade back in 2004. Since then, the Scot has gone on to follow in present McLaren-Mercedes F1 star Lewis Hamilton's wheeltracks by triumphing in the prestigious F3 Euroseries with ASM Formule 3 but, after money ran dry, a move to tin-tops beckoned in 2007, when he joined the Three-Pointed Star's DTM squad, impressively claiming four... [read full story]