Michael Andretti’s team has been making a lot of noise since the end of last season. The team added former Formula One driver Romain Grosjean and rookie Devlin DeFrancesco as they parted ways with long-time drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe. There were questions surrounding Alexander Rossi’s future, and of course the whole Formula One plan.
Fast forward to this week and rumors popped up again about their future in Formula One, thanks in large part to Mario Andretti spilling the beans. With all of the focus and attention on things outside of the NTT IndyCar Series, how would it affect their on-track performance for 2022?
Rossi had a plan entering this weekend’s season-opener. “I’m looking to show up this weekend and ignore all the noise and excitement of the season opener and focus on our jobs to make sure we execute on track. I think we have to take everything one weekend at a time, and we will see what this brings us.” With so many changes with this team, their attention to detail was going to be key at St Petersburg.
Things got off to a solid start for Grosjean, as he led the opening practice session on Friday. Coming over from Dale Coyne Racing in his rookie season, the 35-year old is now running full-time in top-tier equipment. “To be P1 in the first practice is amazing. We will keep up the work as well as pushing the setup but I am very happy with how the session went and to be here. Hopefully more to come.”
Things quickly went south for Grosjean and the No. 28 team. In the Saturday morning practice session before qualifying, Grosjean collided into the rear of Takuma Sato, who was driving his old No. 51 Honda for Dale Coyne Racing. While both drivers were able to avoid serious injury, neither wanted to take blame for the incident. Grosjean, who had bruising on his hands, thought there could be a better solution going forward.
“I think we should have flags when these cars are that slow to the corner. That’s all. I just think if I…
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