From the Ferrari Driver Academy, and battling for the F2 title as an F1 reserve driver, to racing in the Indy500 – here's Callum Ilott's inside story of crossing the Atlantic Ocean for an IndyCar career 👇
Former Ferrari junior driver Callum Ilott opens up about his move from Europe to compete in IndyCar and the struggles that he’s faced trying to make a name for himself in arguably the most competitive racing series on the planet.After finishing runner-up to Mick Schumacher in Formula 2 in 2020, Ilott made his IndyCar debut in 2021 withat the Grand Prix of Portland. At the time, he was a test driver with the Ferrari Driver Academy and was Alfa Romeo’s second reserve driver in Formula 1.
Ilott took a chance on the Argentinean-American team and then later signed a contract with them the next year until the end of the 2024 season.Committing to the land of opportunity Ilott’s bold decision to focus his career on the American open-wheel series over endurance racing was a no-brainer: “I can go and do endurance racing at any time and do a good job at it. But I can't decide in 10 years’ time to go to IndyCar – that's a much harder route to take. I want to win big races in America.
“Once you've got that opportunity, once you're inside of it, it's a very good career – some people overlook it,” he says. “You easily be racing IndyCar and do some one-offs in IMSA or Le Mans. You just wouldn't be able to do it the same way in Europe.
He says: “These little differences, you have more tools in the car, we got the anti-roll bars front and rear you got the weight jacker you're pushing 100% every lap. It's very intense, and it's super enjoyable. “I had no data to compare to, because it's just me. I had to learn how what my capabilities and what my ceilings were. And I did a good job of it, trying to try to imagine how I can go quicker by just seeing what I can do. And in a car that I barely knew.”
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