ROMAIN GROSJEAN
NO. 28 DHL HONDA
“Long Beach is one of my favorite racetracks. I love the atmosphere of the west coast. I enjoyed my first experience last year, I was competitive. I want to build on what we had in St. Pete. We’ve got some good ideas to unlock the setup and get a little more pace. I want to make sure we have a good race and score as many points as we can. It would be an amazing place to get my first win, but the point is to focus and do the best we can. We’ll see Sunday if we are drinking champagne.”
Alexander Rossi calls it ‘The Beach’ and this year it will serve as the two-time Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach race winner’s 100th race start in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Long Beach also serves as a sort of homecoming for the California native who has plenty of competition in a teammate, fellow Californian and 2021 race winner Colton Herta. Romain Grosjean is hoping to earn his first win on the streets of Long Beach and rookie Devlin DeFrancesco is excited to make his first appearance at the street course. The palm trees and harbor build the backdrop to what the team hopes is a redemptive weekend.
FAST FACTS:
Alexander Rossi’s 100th INDYCAR race start
Colton Herta returns as the 2021 race winner
DHL celebrates its 12th anniversary on the No. 28
Team owner Michael Andretti, 2010 Long Beach Walk of Fame inductee, recorded first (1986) and last (2002) career wins in Long Beach
Andretti Autosport holds race wins at the last three runnings of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach [’18/’19 with Rossi, ’21 with Herta, the 2020 race was not ran due to the Covid 19 pandemic]
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
