Santino Ferrucci in the No.14 Sexton Properties AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet says it was a long day for the team at the Sonsio Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the IMS road course on Saturday.
Ferrucci started the race from 11th but came home in 20th following a tough day. Speaking following the action he said:
Obviously, a long day. “We had a motor change, couldn’t run warm up, couldn’t even put the car on the setup pad before going out for the race. Honestly, the guys did a phenomenal job with what we had. We were stuck with the trim, which we didn’t want because of the heat. All in all, probably one of the toughest races I think I’ve had in a while, trying to handle the car and some moves to try and keep us in the game. Excited to be done with turning left and right, and ready to be just turning left.
David Malukas had a promising start to the race, however, with 16 laps his car overheated and he brought out the first caution in 408 laps.
Speaking following the race he said:
Well, we were around 15 laps short. “It just kind of sums up the start of this season. We got unlucky again. Had some overheating issues, and our race ended up short there, which is really unfortunate, because I think we had a really good race car coming up from the back. Qualifying was a little bit of a rough performance from my side. But through the race, we started moving ourselves forward and making some good positions. Unfortunately, it just didn’t play out for us. We made a lot of good gains with a lot of positives. We have to just get our heads down for the month of May, which with A.J. Foyt normally, the history, it’s been very, very strong here. Hopefully all this bad luck that’s been happening will be gone. Maybe the Pope, who’s from Chicago, can give us some help for the 500.”