MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Arrow McLaren’s IndyCar team continues to shuffle its driver lineup as Alexander Rossi will leave the team at the end of this season and be replaced by Christian Lundgaard, currently at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
That will give the team one of the youngest teams in IndyCar with the addition of Lundgaard, who joins 25-year-old Pato O’Ward and 19-year-old Nolan Siegel.
Arrow McLaren issued a brief announcement shortly before 1 p.m. ET on July 2.
The statement said Rossi and the team “mutually parted ways.” He is currently in his second full season at Arrow McLaren but so far has yet to win a race with the Zak Brown-owned team.
The 22-year-old Lundgaard has had a strong start to his IndyCar career with a win on the streets of Toronto in 2023. He also has two poles and three podiums throughout his early career.
He is the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, which he’s raced with through his three seasons in IndyCar.
Lundgaard is from Hedensted, Denmark, and remains the only Danish driver in history with a race win after a dominant performance on the streets of Toronto in 2023.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing released a statement following the news.
“Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is looking forward to closing out our working relationship with Christian Lundgaard as successfully as possible and thank him for his past efforts on behalf of the team.
“We are proud to have brought him into the NTT IndyCar Series and wish him well in the future.”
Before launching a professional career in North America, Christian was an Alpine development racer competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship where he earned two wins and nine podiums across the 2020-21 seasons. He also raced with Alpine in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship and produced a win, two podiums and two poles.
Lundgaard is currently 11th in the NTT IndyCar Series standings.