Here was one team that managed its dominant 1-2 without any drama on Sunday, as Kirkwood admits mirroring Herta’s IndyCar strategy was simply “the best one”
Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood says that team-mate Colton Herta “deserved” his Toronto IndyCar win and that there was no question of performing an undercut like the one that complicated McLaren’s Formula 1 strategy in Hungary. Ironically, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown had been spotted watching the Hungarian GP on TV with Michael Andretti on the morning of the Toronto race, just before IndyCar warm-up started. Herta beat Kirkwood by 0.
com asked Kirkwood if he was ‘doing his best Rubens Barrichello impression’, the Floridian replied: “To be honest, I was pressuring Colton because I was trying to get him to go faster because Scott was breathing down my neck for the restarts. “I was trying to do the best I can to manage the gap in front, that way I'm not going too slow in certain sectors where Scott was quick. I'm also trying to make sure Scott is not passing me.
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