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On May 29, 2016, Alexander Rossi wrote his name in the history books by winning the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500. In front of a sold-out audience of nearly 500,000 people, the young American wontheiconicracedrivingtheNo.98NAPAAUTOPARTS/ Curb Honda for Andretti Autosport.
Alexander Rossi has won at every level since his racing career began
ingo- kartsattheageof10.By2006at14-years-old,he’dbecomea multiple National and International Karting Champion, and the youngest open wheel racing champion in U.S. history. By 2008, Rossi had become Formula BMW World Champion, holding the most series poles and victories for any driver. This earned him the coveted test with BMW Sauber F1Team,making history atthetimebecomingtheyoungestdrivertohold a Formula OneSuper License.
In pursuit to Formula 1, Alexander moved to Europe at the age of 17. He was successful and moved up quickly in the F1 ladder system, with two wins in GP3 and four wins in GP2. From 2009-2014, Rossi served as test and/orofficialreservedriverforF1teamslikeBMW/ Sauber,TeamLotus, CaterhamandMarussia.HemadefiveF1startsin2015,andwasstill listed asManorF1’sreservedriverthroughout 2016.
But stars aligned at the start of 2016, as a full-time seat in the Verizon IndyCar Series became available back in the U.S. Rossi was quickly recruited by the newly merged Andretti-Herta Autosport, and in his first season, won the Indianapolis 500 and was Rookie of the Year.
In 2017, Rossi earned a win, two podiums, and five top-5’s for Andretti- Herta. In 2018, he cemented his name in IndyCar history once again, narrowly missing out on the IndyCar Championship, with 3 wins and 8 podiums and finishing as the Championship Runner up. For 2019, he again challengedfortheverytop,finishing3rd.2020washis5thyearracing with Andretti.
He is highly marked by the motorsport industry to become America’s next great racing hero.
