🗣️'This Ganassi car certainly gives me a lot of confidence. The way it moves is very natural.' F2 convert Marcus Armstrong made a positive start to life in IndyCar after completing his first running for Chip Ganassi Racing at Thermal Club on Thursday⬇️
Having tested at Sebring with Dale Coyne Racing last fall, it was Armstrong’s first day of running with the squad he’ll compete in all road and street courses with this season.New Zealander will step out of the car for the oval races, with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato taking over.
“At the beginning everyone waited a lot longer than what I was expecting. I think I was maybe the first one to go out and do a proper run. “The way it moves is very natural, if that makes sense… Honestly, it's not massively dissimilar to what I'm used to in F2.“I think there's a few things that I prefer about this car, suits me a bit more. The way it moves is very natural.He added that he felt “it was easy to identify what I wanted to change” as “he ended up getting through a lot of test items”.
Asked how he would compare his driving style and data traces with his team-mates, Armstrong observed that he has a similar approach to Palou with his smooth steering inputs. extremely helpful to me, not only today but just through the whole process”.
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