Sunday, we saw it best in how one driver shelved his self-interest for the good of the team.
“The energy with the drivers and their cooperation, it sets the example and the tone for the rest of the team.” “There’s a really good energy in the team, and it always starts with the drivers,” the elder Herta told IndyStar on pitlane post-race Sunday. It was with the speed and energy we’ve seen from an angry, fiery Swiss-born Frenchman before, but this was born out of respect. Perhaps no moment demonstrated that better than when Grosjean hopped out of his car Saturday and jogged down pitlane to congratulate Kirkwood on winning the pole position. (Rossi, now at Arrow McLaren, and Grosjean have patched up what was a rocky relationship that led to a meltdown on the track at Mid-Ohio last season.) Much was made of Rossi leaving a team that had also lost veteran leaders Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe at the end of 2021.īut this group appears to be on the rise. That couldn't be said a year ago with Alexander Rossi in place of Kirkwood. In this group he has now, Andretti says he sees a team of drivers ‒ Kirkwood, Romain Grosjean, Colton Herta and Devlin DeFrancesco ‒ who genuinely enjoy spending time with each other. In the 2004 500, Kanaan, Wheldon and Herta finished 2-3-4 before the Brit claimed his first of two wins on the IMS oval the following year. Kanaan (2004) and Wheldon (2005) claimed their first championships. The four drivers won 19 times in 33 starts and took up exactly half of the available 2 nd- or 3 rd-place finishes. History often forgets that trio of Ind圜ar legends only raced two full seasons together – 2004-05 – along with Bryan Herta to complete the four-car team.
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