He took a big picture view of Grosjean’s second-place performance on Sunday and what that means for success in 2023. Josh Freund is one of two Ind圜ar team managers at Andretti Autosport along with Paul “Ziggy” Harcus. Team owner Andretti calls the race strategy for Grosjean but is always able to celebrate when one of his drivers wins the race.
When the 48th running of the most prestigious street race in North America had concluded, the lasting image was Andretti celebrating in Victory Lane.
The team also claimed three of the top four positions as Herta took fourth, just behind Chip Ganassi Racing driver and NTT Ind圜ar Series points leader Marcus Ericsson. Grosjean was 0.9907 seconds behind as the runner-up in a 1-2 sweep for Andretti Autosport. Kirkwood started on the pole and drove to his first career NTT Ind圜ar Series victory, leading 53 laps to win in his third Ind圜ar start for Andretti Autosport. Six weeks later, Andretti Autosport achieved redemption on the streets of Long Beach. The lasting memory of that race for Andretti Autosport was Michael Andretti pounding his fist onto the counter of the timing stand, taking off his headset and slamming it on the counter.įour cars, four crashes and an “Oh-for-Four” performance to start off the season. Whether it was Devlin DeFrancesco going airborne in the infamous first-lap crash in Turn 3 to Kyle Kirkwood also going airborne over Jack Harvey in a multicar crash in Turn 4 on Lap 41, each time the camera caught Andretti reacting in frustration.įIRST-TIME WINNER: Kyle Kirkwood wins Long BeachįULL STATS PACKAGE: Results and points from Long BeachĬolton Herta hit the tire barriers on Lap 50 - leaving pole-sitter Romain Grosjean as Andretti Autosport’s last hope of saving the day for the team.īut then Grosjean got caught in a side-by-side battle with Scott McLaughlin for the lead, the two cars touched, and both ended up in the Turn 4 tire barrier. Petersburg on March 5 was from a camera on the team’s pit stand that showed team owner Michael Andretti dealing with a series of frustrations. LONG BEACH, California – The lasting impression of Andretti Autosport after the Ind圜ar season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St.
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