MONTEREY, Calif. — Felix Rosenqvist will finish his two-year ready sport with Arrow McLaren Racing by transferring on subsequent yr to drive for Meyer Shank Racing.

The Swedish driver will substitute Simon Pagenaud, who has been sidelined since July with concussion-like signs suffered in a crash at Mid-Ohio. The MSR lineup might be utterly new, with Shank sports activities automotive star Tom Blomqvist set to switch Helio Castroneves.

Rosenqvist’s multiyear contract introduced Tuesday ends his two seasons of uncertainty with McLaren. The crew in 2022 employed Alex Palou to switch Rosenqvist this yr, however then Palou couldn’t get out of his cope with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Rosenqvist was in a holding sample because the Palou state of affairs labored its approach by means of mediation. After it was determined Palou wouldn’t be part of McLaren till 2024, Rosenqvist nonetheless had a shot at staying with the crew if it determined to broaden to 4 vehicles.

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McLaren was purported to make that call in July, however Rosenqvist couldn’t wait with different seats within the IndyCar Sequence obtainable. Because it turned out, he had agreed to maneuver to Shank earlier than Palou’s legal professional’s knowledgeable McLaren the Spanish driver will not be becoming a member of the crew in 2024.

McLaren should now discover a alternative for Rosenqvist, who completed a season-best second final Sunday at Portland Worldwide Raceway. It was the second podium of the season for Rosenqvist however his first since Detroit in early June.

He has one profession victory — at Street America in 2020, when he drove for Chip Ganassi Racing — and can full his fifth full IndyCar season this weekend within the finale in Monterey, California.

“I am tremendous excited to start out the subsequent chapter of my IndyCar profession along with MSR,” he stated. “This might be a terrific alternative for myself and MSR to raise and get to the subsequent degree collectively. I am additionally fairly excited to get to work with my previous pal Tom once more. I am prepared to start out working collectively and getting the subsequent season began.”

Blomqvist is already driving for Shank as Pagenaud’s alternative for the ultimate two races of the season. He’s a two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner for MSR and a part of final yr’s championship crew.

“We’re very excited to have our 2024 IndyCar plans finalized and to welcome Felix to the crew,” co-owner Mike Shank stated. “Felix has been somebody that has been on our radar for fairly a while now and every part lined up this yr to work one thing out with him. It is no secret that we have had a troublesome season, with some issues out of our management and a few issues in our management.

“I believe we’re all trying ahead to resetting utterly, beginning over and attending to work. I believe Tom and Felix will work nice collectively and actually feed off of one another. We can even have Helio with us at each race to offer his suggestions and recommendation which might be an added bonus, so I believe we’re in for a strong yr forward.”

Pagenaud, the 2019 Indy 500 winner and 2016 IndyCar champion, will in the end miss the ultimate 9 races of the yr.

“I wish to want MSR all the most effective and thank Mike Shank, Jim Meyer and the entire crew for the dear experiences I’ve gathered by means of the final two years,” Pagenaud posted on social media. “I want we may have achieved extra collectively during the last two seasons and win races, however we couldn’t make it occur. For now my objective is to totally concentrate on myself and recuperating. It’s a gradual course of, and I’ll proceed to work with the docs and do what is critical to get my well being again to 100%.”