Formula 2 exile Armstrong is to drive the #11 Ganassi-Honda in all 12 road and street course IndyCar rounds, while two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was set to drive the five ovals, but right now is guaranteed only the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway and the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Simmons said he’s already been impressed by Armstrong who first tested for the team at Thermal Club for two days, where he was third fastest in the final session, and then was fourth fastest of nine cars in a final pre-season test at Sebring. Since then, the 22-year-old New Zealander has qualified 13th and finished 11th on his debut at St. Petersburg, and last week he was sixth of 16 cars in testing at Barber Motorsports Park. He finished the day just 0.2s slower than 2021 champion Alex Palou and ahead of his other two teammates, Marcus Ericsson and Scott Dixon.
