Christian Fittipaldi - To Co-Drive in the American Le Mans Series
As a co-driver of Bryan Herta for #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura, Andretti Green Racing signed up Christian Fittipaldi to drive in the prestigious American Le Mans Series starting next year.
Fittipaldi holds notable background and pertinent experiences in different events like in CART, Formula One, NASCAR as well as in sports-car racing. Teaming with Michael Andretti, the 36 year old driver and his partner produced a well-matched duo at the Newman/Haas Racing beginning in 1996 to 2000.
AGR, together with Acura, welcomed the year 2007 with a victory at Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Andretti Green likewise fully accomplished the premier season in American Le Mans Series.
As said by Christian Fittipaldi with great impulse, “I am definitely looking forward to this new challenge in my career. I was talking to Mike (Michael Andretti) about how five or six years ago we were teammates and now he has a team and I am driving for him. It is going to be different for us, though, because when we were teammates we had to work together and at the same time there was that internal rivalry that you always have in a team. But now, we are 200 percent on the same side.”
“I think 2008 is going to be a really good season for Andretti Green. I am very motivated to do everything I can to get XM and Acura back into the winner’s circle.”
In addition, Michael Andretti which is the AGR Chairman, said that, “When you’re hiring a driver, you want to think that he is going to be fast. But, when you’re hiring a driver that you used to race against and were teammates with, you know he is going to be fast. For sure, that is why we’re excited to welcome Christian to the AGR XM Acura family. We need to go to the next level with our ALMS program in 2008 and we feel like this is a great step in that direction.”
News via paddocktalk.com.