Devlin DeFrancesco is headed to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as a part of a multi-year deal in its third entry, which completes a busy offseason of change for the workforce.
RLL’s roster has undergone a big change forward of 2025 as two-thirds of its most up-to-date lineup has moved on, together with its lead driver, race-winner Christian Lundgaard, who left for Arrow McLaren. In his place, reigning Indy NXT champion Louis Foster was signed to drive the No. 45 Honda.
The workforce’s most tenured driver, Graham Rahal, is the lone carryover, and can stay within the No. 15 Honda for his thirteenth consecutive season.
DeFrancesco takes over from Pietro Fittipaldi, who piloted the No. 30 Honda to nineteenth within the 2024 championship, one spot behind Rahal and eight behind Lundgaard in eleventh.
“I’m very excited to be again within the IndyCar Collection,” stated DeFrancesco, whose package deal of sponsors can be recognized at a later date. “Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has an incredible historical past, and can be on a formidable trajectory. Seeing all of the work that is happening from the women and men behind the scenes, it’s simple to see that this workforce and myself are very hungry for outcomes. I stay up for getting began with all the nice folks right here.”
DeFrancesco spent two seasons with the Andretti International IndyCar workforce from 2022-2023, turned his consideration to IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2024 when Andretti downsized its squad from 4 vehicles to a few, and continued to seek for methods to make his NTT IndyCar Collection return.
In his pair or seasons with Andretti, DeFrancesco positioned twenty third and twenty second within the championship respectively, with a finest race results of twelfth whereas making noticeable enhancements as a sophomore and exhibiting his aptitude for ovals.
A winner of the Rolex 24 At Daytona’s LMP2 class in 2022 with DragonSpeed, DeFrancesco dedicated to a part-time IMSA marketing campaign final season with the Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo GTD effort in IMSA’s Michelin Endurance Problem championship, incomes a high end of second at Petit Le Mans.
“I’m very happy that we’re capable of welcome Devlin to the workforce,” stated RLL co-owner Bobby Rahal. “We had the possibility to witness his means whereas he was at Andretti and there have been clearly instances when he was fairly aggressive, so I’m assured that we will have plenty of good races collectively. We’re trying ahead to his contribution to the workforce.”
With DeFrancesco’s affirmation, 24 of the 27 full-time entries for the upcoming season have been finalized. Solely the 2 Honda-powered seats at Dale Coyne Racing and the No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevy stay open for enterprise.
