Marcus Armstrong ntawm New Zealand yog tus tsav tsheb tshiab tshaj plaws hauv NTT IndyCar Series.
Chip Ganassi Racing Photo
Marcus Armstrong, 22-xyoo-laus haiv neeg tsav tsheb los ntawm Christchurch, New Zealand, yuav koom nrog Chip Ganassi Racing qhov kev ruaj ntseg zoo ntawm cov neeg sib tw hauv NTT IndyCar Series hauv 2023.
Armstrong tau raug hu ua hnub Friday thaum 1 teev tsaus ntuj Eastern Time raws li txoj kev thiab txoj kev kawm tsav tsheb hauv No. 11 Honda ntawm Chip Ganassi Racing.
Rau ob lub caij dhau los, nws yog No. 48 Carvana/American Legion Honda nrog xya-lub sij hawm NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson qab lub log rau txoj kev thiab txoj kev kawm nyob rau hauv 2021 thiab tag nrho cov sij hawm nyob rau hauv 2022. Tony Kanaan tsav lub oval Kev sib tw hauv No.48 Honda hauv 2021.
Lub Christchurch, New Zealand, haiv neeg tau pib nws txoj haujlwm sib tw tom qab lub log ntawm go-karts thaum muaj hnub nyoog 10 xyoo. Nws yeej tsib go-karting lub teb chaws kev sib tw hauv New Zealand ua ntej tsiv mus rau Tebchaws Europe hauv 2015 los sib tw hauv ntiaj teb theem. Hauv 2017, Armstrong tau dhia mus rau Formula 4 qhov twg nws yeej Italian Formula 4 kev sib tw hauv nws thawj lub caij sib tw hauv koob. Armstrong tau sib tw hauv Formula 3 thoob plaws xyoo 2018 thiab 2019, qhov chaw uas nws tau nce plaub qhov yeej, plaub txoj haujlwm ncej thiab 16 lub rooj sib tham.
"Kuv zoo siab los ua ib feem ntawm IndyCar Series, tab sis tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog Chip Ganassi Kev Sib Tw vim tias nws yog ib pab neeg zoo thiab muaj kev vam meej. Kuv muaj lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv kom kawm los ntawm cov neeg uas tau ua tiav qib siab tshaj plaws hauv kev ua kis las no, "Armstrong hais. "Raws li Kiwi, Kuv ib txwm saib Scott Dixon ua tiav hauv kev sib tw nrog pab pawg no, yog li ntawm tus kheej qib no yog qhov tshwj xeeb rau kuv. Kuv yog ib tug neeg ua haujlwm hnyav uas zoo li yuav txhim kho txhua hnub. Nrog rau kev paub thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm uas pab pawg no muaj, kuv zoo siab heev los ua qhov kev sib tw tshiab no. "
Teammate Scott Dixon yog plaub zaug NTT IndyCar Series tau yeej nrog 53 yeej, thib ob ntawm txhua lub sijhawm IndyCar yeej cov npe. Nws kuj yeej xyoo 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Lub hnub nyoog 22 xyoos Armstrong yuav ua nws qhov kev tshaj lij hauv North American tom qab sib tw hauv FIA Formula 2 Championship los ntawm 2020 txog 2022 qhov twg nws tau txais plaub yeej thiab yim podiums. Armstrong tau qhab nia nws thawj zaug yeej hauv koob xyoo 2021 ntawm Jeddah Corniche Circuit hauv Saudi Arabia, thiab tom qab ntawd sau npe peb yeej thoob plaws 2022 kev sib tw hauv Ltalis, Austria thiab Netherlands. Armstrong kuj tau ua tus tsav tsheb tsim kho rau pab pawg Scuderia Ferrari F1 hauv 2021.
Marcus Armstrong
Chip Ganassi Racing Photo
"Marcus tsav tsheb No. 11 rau Chip Ganassi Kev Sib Tw hauv 2023 yog qhov zoo siab heev. Raws li 22-xyoo-laus, qhov zoo sib xws rau lwm tus uas tau nce mus rau IndyCar nrog CGR yog thaum lub hnub nyoog ntawd nws twb paub yuav ua li cas thiaj yeej, "hais tias Mike Hull, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Chip Ganassi Racing: "Qhov ntawd tau ua pov thawj ntau zaus. nyob rau theem siab tshaj plaws thoob ntiaj teb. Dhau li ntawm txuj ci, qhov tsis pom kev uas nws coj los tsim kev ntsuas los ntawm lub sijhawm.
"Nco txog 2023."
Chip Ganassi Racing yuav qhia qhov hloov tshiab ntawm tus tsav tsheb ntawm No. 11 Honda rau kev sib tw oval tom qab hnub.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucemartin/2022/12/02/jimmie-johnsons-indycar-replacement-at-chip-ganassi-racing-is-new-zealands-marcus-armstrong/