Santino Ferrucci has prolonged his deal to drive for AJ Foyt’s IndyCar workforce subsequent season as a part of a “multi-year” deal.
He joined Foyt final 12 months having spent the earlier two seasons with out a full-time IndyCar drive. Ferrucci’s workforce mate might be David Malukas, who signed for the workforce final month.
Foyt president Larry Foyt mentioned Ferrucci and the workforce “have actually gelled over the past two seasons and he’s a giant a part of our latest success.”
Ferrucci goes into this weekend’s season finale tenth within the standings on 339 factors, considerably greater than the 214 he scored final 12 months when he completed nineteenth. Foyt agreed a technical partnership with Penske previous to the beginning of this season.
“This continuity is nice for the workforce and I consider the pairing of Ferrucci and Malukas subsequent season is a robust mixture for AJ Foyt Racing,” Foyt added.
Ferrucci scored his first IndyCar pole place in Portland final month and completed fourth within the final two races on the Milwaukee oval, his finest outcomes up to now this season.
His leads to the Indianapolis 500 race have been particularly robust, peaking with fourth place in 2020. Ferrucci believes the workforce can do even higher in future following their affiliation with Penske.
“I feel Larry’s finished an incredible job constructing the workforce so they’re now ready to win an Indy 500 and compete for championships,” he mentioned. “Everyone that’s there’s what made this workforce’s superb turnaround. We’ve all put a whole lot of time, vitality and arduous work into this program and I actually need to see it by way of, not simply as the driving force however on a private degree too.”
Ferrucci’s earlier finest championship positions had been thirteenth in 2019 and 2020 when he drove for Coyne. He made his IndyCar debut in mid-2018 after being fired by System 2 workforce Trident.
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