Ferrari protege to race alongside Kiwi hero

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Marcus Armstrong was conscionable 3 years aged erstwhile Scott Dixon won his archetypal IndyCar title.

Now, he's his teammate.

Dixon's illustrious vocation spanning much than 2 decades has taken him to six IndyCar Series championships, an Indianapolis 500 crown, and much than 50 contention wins.

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His archetypal came successful 2003 with Chip Ganassi Racing, a squad he's been tied to for 21 years.

Armstrong, calved successful 2000, spent overmuch of his puerility watching Dixon win portion chasing his ain Formula 1 imagination with Ferrari's inferior academy.

The 22-year-old tested with the Scuderia and spent 3 seasons successful Formula 2 but yet couldn't ace the large clip of Formula 1.

This year, Armstrong volition thrust for Chip Ganassi Racing successful the IndyCar Series.

While the imagination of Formula 1 has mostly faded, IndyCar presents a caller accidental and a accidental to effort and emulate immoderate of Dixon's occurrence stateside.

"I don't cognize if you cognize this, but Scott Dixon has been beauteous palmy present the past mates of decades," Armstrong laughed erstwhile asked astir his accomplishment to IndyCar.

"I've been watching him connected TV since I was a kid, so... Literally a kid.

"It's chill due to the fact that IndyCar is monolithic wherever I'm from due to the fact that of him.

"I've ever been truthful attracted to this championship.

"Of course, I spent my full beingness chasing F1.

"You tin ne'er accidental never. If I'm honorable with you, I'm blessed wherever I americium now.

"It's a imagination travel true."

Armstrong joins arguably the strongest squad connected the grid.

With Dixon's six crowns, Alex Palou's sole bid triumph successful 2021, and Marcus Ericsson's Indianapolis 500 triumph connected debut successful 2022, it's an esteemed operator pool.

Armstrong volition commencement from scratch, though helium reckons there's nary crushed wherefore helium can't person akin success.

"Fundamentally, I request to get connected it consecutive away," said Armstrong.

"I person each the accusation successful the satellite really. Obviously (Palou has) won a championship. Scott has won much than a couple. Marcus (Ericsson) won the Indy 500.

"It's a precise accomplished group. I person each the accusation to larn from, which is truly cool.

"I conscionable request to deed the crushed running, bash good immediately. That's my people and to maximize myself from the beginning.

"Obviously I recognize however competitory this title is, and I request to larn a caller car with constricted trial days, but that's portion of the challenge.

"Like I said before, the enactment and the strategical presumption that Ganassi has, I deliberation it's going to assistance maine for that.

"I anticipation that we tin deed the crushed running, past spot what we tin bash afterwards."

Pre-season IndyCar Series investigating takes spot connected Friday and Saturday astatine The Thermal Club successful California.

The play gets underway successful earnest connected March 6 connected the streets of St. Petersburg.

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