Remember Franck Montagny?
Former Super Aguri driver. Former Peugeot driver.
Montagny will be returning to IndyCar for the first time since 2009 at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis driving the #26 Andretti Autosport Honda. He has two previous starts, one for Forsythe/Petit Racing at the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach where he started sixth and finished second on debut and one for Andretti Autosport at Sonoma in 2009 where he started eighth and finished twentieth.
Montagny is a two-time World Series by Nissan (now Formula Renault 3.5) champion defeating drivers such as Tomas Scheckter, Hekki Kovalainen, Narain Karthikeyan and Stéphane Sarrazin. He also has four podium finishes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans along with three consecutive Petit Le Mans victories from 2009-11. He won two races for Andretti in the LMP2 class during the 2008 American Le Mans Series season at Belle Isle and Laguna Seca.
Read into it what you will but Montagny is apart of the Formula E driver's club and Andretti Autosport has entered to field two cars in Formula E when the season starts September 2014.
Indianapolis 500 Entry List Update
Word from Indianapolis Star's Curt Cavin is that second Dreyer & Reinbold/Davey Hamilton entry is likely not going to happen. Robin Miller wrote today that Chip Ganassi, however, may loan Sage Karam to D&R and join James Jakes who would drive the primary D&R entry.
Dollar General will sponsor Jacques Villeneuve and this tweet sums up the plight of IndyCar drivers perfectly.
Still waiting on word about Dale Coyne finding a driver for the #18 (driven by Carlos Huertas on road courses but he is not listed for rookie orientation) and possibly a third entry.
Stefan Wilson's ride is still up in the air.
Here is where we stand on the Indianapolis 500 entry list:
The 23 cars entered for Barber, Martin Plowman (24), Kurt Busch (25), Villeneuve (26), Townsend Bell (27), Alex Tagliani (28), Buddy Lazier (29) and JR Hildebrand (30).
Then we are waiting for confirmation on Sage Karam at Ganassi or on loan (31), James Jakes at D&R (32), Stefan Wilson's super-duper, double-secret ride (33) and maybe a third Coyne (34).
Looks like bumping is possible but just like last year, only one poor soul will go home alone.
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