


But for the last several years the Andretti squad has been on the pace or setting it at street courses, and went into the most recent off-season vowing to focus on ovals, and yet the team’s paltry points haul so far has come from one street course and one oval. It’s too early to suggest Andretti Autosport is in crisis: after all, thanks to Herta’s California sweep at Laguna Seca and Long Beach at the tail-end of 2021, it has won more recently than any Ind圜ar squad other than Penske. Yes, Rossi sits behind four drivers who have only started one of the two races held so far. Alexander Rossi, a driver who has seven race wins to his name and has twice fought for the Ind圜ar title, is 27th and rookie Devlin DeFrancesco 28th. Series sophomore Romain Grosjean is 10th, 62 points down on championship leader Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske. But right now, after two rounds, Herta lies seventh in the points table, 47 points off the lead – and he’s the best of Michael Andretti’s drivers.
