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[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Formulahistory

A bit of a suprised. Would nice to see a young driver alongside Pagenaud, Newgarden and McLaughlin.



In IndyCar there are a lot of long-time drivers for the same team:
- Scott Dixon at Ganassi since 2002!
- Will Power at Penske since 2009
- Ryan Hunter-Reay at Andretti since 2010
- Graham Rahal at Rahal Letterman Lanigan since 2013


In Formula you only have Hamilton at Mercedes (since 2013) and Verstappen (since 2016) with long stints. Leclerc has a Ferrari contract until 2024.

It's not unusual in IndyCar for a driver to stay with a team for a long period. Rick Mears drove for Penske from 1978-1992. Gordon Johncock, though he moved around a bit in the early years of his career, raced for Patrick Racing from 1973-1984, with whom he won the Indy 500 twice. Hélio Castroneves drove for Penske from 2000 until 2019 in both CART and the IRL. Little Al did two stints, first with Galles Racing, from 1983 - '93 and then with TeamPenske from1994 - 1999. Al Unser Sr, raced with Vel's Parnelli Jones racing from1969 - 1977 and Michael Andretti raced with Newman-Hass from 1989- 2000.