Rahal Letterman Lanigan on Monday employed Pietro Fittipaldi, the present reserve driver for the Haas System One staff, to race its third automotive within the IndyCar Sequence subsequent season.

Fittipaldi, the Brazilian-American grandson of 1989 IndyCar champion and two-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi, has 9 profession begins in IndyCar however none for the reason that 2021 season. He was in Austin, Texas, all weekend as Haas’ reserve driver.

Fittipaldi will drive the No. 30 that had been piloted by Jack Harvey till his late-season launch. RLL then used a number of completely different drivers within the automotive because it researched its choices.

Fittipaldi was not one of many drivers utilized by RLL within the No. 30.

Bobby Rahal mentioned he was impressed with Fittipaldi’s work in IndyCar whereas driving three races for Dale Coyne Racing in 2021. Fittipaldi certified thirteenth for the Indianapolis 500 that yr.

“I’ve been impressed with the maturity and expertise that he’ll now deliver to our program,” Rahal mentioned. “I sit up for seeing what he can do over a full season of IndyCar competitors in 2024.”

Fittipaldi will likely be teammates with Christian Lundgaard, and presumably Graham Rahal, who has but to announce he is signed an extension to hitch the staff.

IndyCar mentioned it is not going to must make any changes to race management, the place Fittipaldi’s uncle, Max Papis, is likely one of the stewards.

“Max is faraway from something that will have impact on final result/calls with Pietro,” IndyCar mentioned in a press release.

Fittipaldi ran six races in 2018 that included a career-best end of ninth at Portland. He was purported to run extra races that season however broke each legs in a crash on the Six Hours of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Might of that yr.

Fittipaldi has spent the final a number of years as Haas’ reserve driver and made two race begins in 2020, with a finest end of seventeenth in Bahrain.

“I’m extraordinarily proud and honored to hitch Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” Fittipaldi mentioned. “With the expertise I’ve gained over the previous couple of years in F1 and different racing sequence, I’m trying ahead to the problem of racing in IndyCar, probably the most aggressive and versatile racing sequence on the earth.”