Santino Ferrucci Race 1 Summary:
• Santino Ferrucci had the No. 18 Team SealMaster – Dale Coyne with Vasser-Sullivan entry solidly in the top-five heading into the final pit stop of the race. However, a major mistake during the stop dropped him to the back of the field in Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Race 1 on the 1.25-mile World Wide Technology Raceway oval in Madison, Illinois.
• Ferrucci qualified 20th for Race 1. He started on the outside of Row 10.
• He spent the first stint running in the mid-teens, settling in and working with the car.
• The team employed a pit strategy that worked when a yellow flag came out just past the halfway point of the race, with Ferrucci in 10th place.
• He was in ninth position when the race resumed and had a spectacular restart, picking up four places to move into fifth place.
• Ferrucci was running in fifth when he came to the pits for his final stop. During the stop there was a major mistake which dropped him to 17th place.
• Fighting back he picked up one spot to finish 16th and gained valuable championship points.
• Ferrucci led two laps today. It was the second race in a row he has led laps (one in the Indy 500).
• Ferruci qualified 16th for tomorrow’s Bommarito Automotive Group Race 2.
Santino Ferrucci Race Quote:
“With limited practice yesterday it took me the first stint to get used to the car. We went with a different fuel strategy, which with a late caution, played in our favor. It put us up to 10th. We had a killer restart and moved into fifth. We rode there and things were looking real promising. Until the final pit stop. We had a major mistake during the stop and ended up in the back of the field.”
Santino Ferrucci Fast Facts:
• The 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Race 1 was Ferrucci’s 29th career NTT IndyCar Series start and second at World Wide Technology Raceway.
• In two starts at WWT Raceway he has a best starting position of sixth and a best finish of fourth both in his WWT debut last year.
• Ferrucci earned 15 points today and remains eighth in the IndyCar championship standings with 196 points.
• Ferrucci has finished in the top-9 in four of the eight races during the 2020 season with a season high fourth in the Indianapolis 500, two sixth place finishes, both at Road America, and a ninth place showing in the GMR Grand Prix.
• Ferrucci is contesting his second full NTT IndyCar Series season and first with Dale Coyne w/ Vasser-Sullivan.
• In 29 career IndyCar starts, Ferrucci has four top-five finishes. Fourth in the 2020 Indy 500 and fourth at Texas Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway, all in 2019) and 11 top-10 showings.
• Ferrucci, 22, is a native of Woodbury, Connecticut and resides in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Next Race:
Round 9 of the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season will be the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Race 2, August 30, at World Wide Technology Raceway in the Madison, Illinois. Metro area.
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