Santino Ferrucci shares his feelings after career-best IndyAutomobile podium at Detroit GP

AJ Foyt Racing star Santino Ferrucci completed P2 on the 2025 IndyAutomobile Detroit GP after beginning the race exterior the Top 20. The American driver was overcome by feelings after the race, as he scored his career-best end on the avenue race across the 1.6-mile circuit.

Ferrucci has been racing in IndyAutomobile for over seven years as a full-time and part-time driver. The American had scored a number of P4s and completed on the rostrum solely as soon as in his profession earlier than the Detroit GP. His finest end previous to the 2025 Detroit GP was the P3 end on the 2023 Indy 500.

The 27-year-old scored his profession finest outcome by ending P2 on the Detroit GP. The AJ Foyt Racing driver began the race in P21. Unlike the front-runners, Ferrucci opted to begin the race on the laborious main tire. The American made his method up the grid and was fortunate with the strategic calls and the timing of the cautions.

Speaking with FOX after the race (by way of X), Santino Ferrucci obtained emotional as he stated:

“First off, huge, huge shout out to this whole team. I mean, we were struggling in qualifying. I struggled. I made a lot of mistakes. I was really hard on myself yesterday because I felt like it was all on me.”

“Pit stops were phenomenal. The stand was amazing. I mean, perfect strategy. I just got lucky with that yellow and, man, I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to see a red flag because I was really struggling. I don’t know what I did with the tires, but I couldn’t get them to come back to life. But, man, Kyle was so fast today, so congratulations to him and his team on this win, and man I’m just happy to bring Chevrolet on the podium.”

Kyle Kirkwood was the favourite to win the race, together with Alex Palou, coming into the race weekend. The Andretti Global driver had the right restarts, was within the efficient race lead for a lot of the race, and dominated to win.

Santino Ferrucci’s decisive transfer after the ultimate restart that obtained him the career-best end

After the ultimate pitstop, Santino Ferrucci was operating with the lead pack of Kyle Kirkwood, Colton Herta, and Will Power. Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist crashed with 15 laps remaining within the race. A pink flag introduced the vehicles again to the pits because the particles was cleared.

The inexperienced flag dropped with 12 laps remaining, and Ferrucci was in P3 behind Power and Kirkwood. Ferrucci was in a position to go Will Power because the Team Penske driver brushed the wall in an try and cease Kirkwood from operating away with the race win.

However, Santino Ferrucci did not make a dent in Kyle Kirkwood’s lead and completed the race in P2.