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The 22-year-old Andretti Autosport driver will be behind the
wheel of last year's McLaren MCL35M as part of the team's
Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) programme.
The southern Algarve circuit has hosted two Formula One grands
prix and McLaren are running their car from Monday to Wednesday
with test and development driver Will Stevens also involved.
"The agreement with Colton is that we want to give him the
chance to run our Formula One car to show what he's actually
able to do in such a car," McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl
told reporters.
"We have to do two times this year a (Friday) free practice
session (at a grand prix) with a young driver.
"Once we have tested all the candidates who we want to give a
chance in a TPC car we will make our mind up who will actually
run this free practice session."
The United States has not had a Formula One driver since
Alexander Rossi in 2015 but Herta is a strong candidate to end
that wait for a sport that will have three grands prix in the
country next year.
In 2019 he became IndyCar's youngest winner.
Michael Andretti has applied to the governing FIA for an entry
to become the 11th team in the Formula One championship by 2024
but that has met resistance from existing entries.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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