The highly-regarded Harvey had an unusually disappointing season last year, starting off badly with a shunts in practice at St. Petersburg and at Texas, the latter of which forced him to miss the race on medical advisement.
Thereafter, regularly poor qualifying results limited his chances for strong finishes on race day, so that his best result was a 10th at Nashville. And while RLL started off badly, a midseason change in setup philosophy saw Harvey’s teammates Christian Lundgaard and Graham Rahal contending for podiums, whereas the 29-year-old Briton remained mired. He finished 22nd in the points race, compared with 11th and 14th for Rahal and Lundgaard respectively.
