He finished second at Long Beach and observers say he had the Alabama race won until a bad racing strategy set him back to second. Petersburg until contact dropped him to 18th. Grosjean has run into some bad luck this season: He was leading the season opener in St. “It’s just that sometimes it’s been harder getting that down on the track.” “It’s a lot of fun being with him, and he’s very fast,” said Grosjean, who is currently 11th in the Ind圜ar standings. That includes showing admiration for Toronto’s Devlin DeFrancesco, who also drives for Andretti and finished a respectable 13th at the recent Indy 500. The 37-year-old says he’s the same driver but conceded he has learned to be a better teammate. Grosjean survived a fiery crash in Bahrain while driving on the Formula One circuit in 2020, then had a promising start in his first Ind圜ar season with Dale Coyne Racing in 2021. Now we can look forward to seeing what we can do.” “You can see that on the track, we’ve been fast on track at every race. “We’ve all done a good job of making sure we are improving all the time,” said Grosjean, who has two of those poles.
Andretti drivers took three poles in the first five races this season while showing signs they can run with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, Marcus Ericsson, and Scott Dixon (who are first, second, and fourth in the drivers’ standings). The friction between the emotional Grosjean and former teammate Alex Rossi - they had to be pulled aside after the Mid-Ohio race last year - in the past. The biggest impact with the team, as next month’s Honda Indy Toronto approaches, is that it’s a team again. Romain Grosjean is in a better place, both as a driver and as a teammate with Andretti Autosport.
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