ILLOTT COMMITS TO INDYCAR IN 2022

Ferrari Driver Academy’s Callum Ilott has taken himself out of the running for the last remaining Formula 1 seat at Alfa Romeo, signing on to compete full-time in IndyCar in 2022.

Ahead of his third start in the series at the season finale at Long Beach, Ilott has confirmed that he will continue with Juncos Hollinger Racing for the full season next year.

“Coming into the final weekend of our three-race run on the West Coast, it’s great to announce that I will be continuing next year with Juncos Hollinger Racing for the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season,” said Ilott.

“Obviously, we have had a steep learning curve here the last few races to try to put everything together. We have had some real positives and know the things we need to work on.”

“Knowing what Ricardo Juncos and Brad Hollinger have in place for next season and especially over the winter of what we can do in testing, I definitely feel we can put ourselves in a great position to start off the 2022 season strong.”

“I look forward to continuing the work that we are doing and heading into the winter to start a new journey over here, and I would like to thank the Ferrari Driver Academy for allowing me to take this opportunity.”

Ricardo Juncos, owner of Juncos Hollinger Racing, is looking forward to having the young Brit who finished second in last years F2 championship join his squad full-time in 2022.

“We are very pleased to announce Callum to the team full time for the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season.” said Juncos.

“His maturity, speed on track, and feedback is surprisingly good for being 22 years old.”

“We were very impressed with his feedback and the physical condition of Callum after Laguna. After a long tough race at Laguna, he got out of the car not even showing any signs of fatigue. Considering Laguna was a full green flag race, Callum proved to be in incredible shape.”

“We know we are not the fastest car on track and have a lot of developing to do, but Callum pushes himself to get everything out of the car and has shown great speed.”

“Over the past few weeks, Callum has shown us he is the right driver for our full time run next year, so we are thrilled to have him join our program full time.”

“We will be building our program in all areas and will have the time to test and continue our development as a team. I want to thank Callum for committing to our new NTT IndyCar Series program and look forward to our full-time effort as a team next year.”

Juncos Hollinger Racing rejoined the IndyCar Series for the final three races of this years season after sitting out 2020 and the start of this season due to concerns around the pandemic.

IndyCar is in action this weekend with the season finale on the streets of Long Beach.

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