McLaren Formula 1 test dri✤ver Sergio Sette Camara says he is approaching any on-track opportunities with the team as a “bonus assessment” to impress.

The Brazilian Formula 2 racer made his McLaren F1 test debut on Wednesday during the second day of the post-Spanish Grand Prix tesꦛt, having taken over from development drive𝓰r Oliver Turvey for the afternoon session.

“You𓃲 are always being judged,” Camara said. “I always think I am mainly being assessed on my F2 season, which is not going very well, ﷺso that’s my focus.

“But I see any in﷽teraction with the F1 team as💖 a kind of a bonus assessment. I’m trying to just do the best job I can.

“In the test, teams are always looking for consistent, mature drivers that are 100 percent guaranteed to make a💧 🥂productive test, and there’s not many drivers like that because a bunch of them have racing programmes that don’t fit with F1, or doing other things.

“It’s📖 good to be one of those drivers in case I find myself in the future with not many opportunities, I will be a good fit for a role like that, so it’s always good to do a good role wherever you go.”

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Camara had hoped to challenge🎐 for the F2 title in his sophomore campaign in the series, but has endured a tough start to the season and sits sixth in the standings, 60 points behind DA𓂃MS teammate and championship leader Nicholas Latifi.

After kicking off the year with a double podium in Bahrain, Camara has only managed one points finish since and admits he has now been forced to reassess his🦄 targets.

“I think it’s always important to be re-framing [your goals] and then in case I get a chance of fighting for the title I will re-frame it again,” he said. “But I am not in the same position and with the same frame as I was at the beginning of the championship.

“In the end, it’s not about the points but the shape itself. I need to rღegain confidence with my car, with my team and it’s a slow process. If I say now that in Monaco I will get the pole and two wins I will just damaging that even more, relationships, confidence and everything.

“It’s just important to maybe bring the expectations and hopes a biౠt down and then rebuild from there. If I get in꧟to a shot again for the championship I will realise it but I just need to get back to scoring points and get the confidence back.”