He’s just such a great personality,” Andretti said. The Canadian has had two different driving stints with Andretti. It was always going to be Devlin.”Īndretti also said he’d like to find a role for the 34-year-old Hinchcliffe to remain with the organization. “It’s not like we picked Devlin over Kyle. “Devlin getting the seat was always in the plan before Kyle was even around,” Andretti said. He was the Indy Pro 2000 rookie of the year in 2020 and this season had two podium finishes in Indy Lights. The 21-year-old Canadian has spent two years in the Andretti development system and leapfrogged Kirkwood for an Ind圜ar seat.Īndretti noted that DeFrancesco was quicker than Kirkwood at a recent test, and DeFrancesco said his style was better suited for an Indy car than an Indy Lights car.
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Romain Grosjean was hired to take over Ryan Hunter-Reay’s seat, and Lights driver Devlin DeFrancesco will replace James Hinchcliffe.ĭeFrancesco will drive the car that is fielded in conjunction with George Steinbrenner IV.
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The goal is to get him back in our family one day again.”Īndretti has replaced two of his four drivers since the Ind圜ar season ended in September. “We’re definitely going to watch him, and I’m hoping he gets a full-time ride to get experience, and we’ll see how that goes. “Unfortunately at the moment we don’t have a spot for Kyle, but that’s not to say we won’t in the future,” Andretti said. Instead, the option on Kirkwood’s contract has expired and he’s expected to take the $1.3 million scholarship awarded to the Indy Lights winner to A.J. Had the F1 deal gone through, Andretti said he would have promoted Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood to Herta’s seat. Herta won a career-high three races this year and is headed into his fourth season of Ind圜ar. He won six races in Indy Lights over two seasons before his 2019 promotion to Ind圜ar. Herta spent two years racing in Europe before his opportunities stalled and he returned to the United States ahead of the 2017 season. “We definitely were going to try to get him into the seat because I believe he could be a competitive driver in Europe. He’d be the perfect guy to do it,” Andretti said. “If we do ever get a team, he would lead the way for us in terms of wanting to bring an American driver. He confirmed Thursday that the 21-year-old Californian would have been part of any F1 venture by Andretti Autosport. He had also looked into getting Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta into a seat in Texas for the first practice session, when reserve F1 drivers can get on the track. Andretti has been looking to expand his organization into F1 and was in negotiations with Sauber, which controls the Alfa Romeo team. Simracing.GP is a new online platform for simracing esports - aims to improve the experience of competitive multiplayer racing, bringing it a step closer to the world of motorsports.