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Originally Posted by mstets
Pagenaud is currently sixth in the championship, only 34 points behind Newgarden. His status in the team reminds me of Al Unser's in the mid 1980s. I am having trouble thinking of who is available for next season and could be expected to do a better job than Pagenaud. Grosjean might be a possibility if he was willing to do a full season, but the ovals would be a question mark. Ferrucci? I don't see him as fitting the typical Penske driver profile but he has performed pretty well with second tier teams. Who do you see as a possible?
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I don't think they would replace pagenaud. They would drop to 3 cars, like they did a few years ago after dropping Montoya and castroneves into sportscars. In a couple years when power is up for another contract, then they may need a third, but by then the options will be different. Maybe herta would jump from andretti if andretti isnt up to championship level. I guess by that point veekay would still be a young option, too.
I really just hope they surprise me and keep pagenaud for a couple more years, see if he can go for one more championship, then shift him over to sports cars, since I can pull for him there too, haha.