“Karting is the first step, but we have hopes of helping foster promising Road to Indy, and eventually even Ind圜ar opportunities.” “No one will ever be able to replace Dan in their lives, but we’re happy to offer a network for mentorship to help the boys grow their careers. “Dan was family to us, and we had a lot of on track success together, we see a lot of Dan in both Sebastian and Oliver and are very proud to officially welcome them into our racing family,” said Andretti. The younger of the two won last year’s Florida Winter Tour in Micro ROK karts.Īs part of their new Andretti junior roles they will be guided by Andretti team boss Michael Andretti, who signed their father to his Ind圜ar team in 2003 and was with who he won his title with. His American-born sons Sebastian, 12, and Oliver, 10, have since embarked on karting careers and will be competing at a national level in the United States this year. The Briton was champion by his third season, and raced in the series full-time until 2011 when he won the Indianapolis 500 on his first race start of the year and then sadly lost his life in a crash on his series return in the season finale. Wheldon came second in the Formula Ford Festival, became a USF2000 champion and was title runner-up in Atlantics and Indy Lights on his way up the junior single-seater ladder, before establishing himself in Ind圜ar. Andretti Autosport has announced that the sons of the late Dan Wheldon, the 2005 Ind圜ar champion, have joined its young driver development programme.

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