The 29-year-old most not too long ago competed within the opening spherical of the European Le Mans Championship earlier this yr with LMP2 squad Inter Europol Competitors, ending eighth in Barcelona.
After ending runner-up to Esteban Ocon within the 2015 GP3 championship, Ghiotto spent 5 full seasons in Formulation 1’s major feeder class from 2016-20 and managed a greatest end of third within the standings with Virtuosi Racing in 2019, whereas scoring seven wins.
He’ll take over the #51 DCR entry pushed within the first two rounds of the season by Colin Braun and Nolan Seigel at Barber earlier than tackling the Indianapolis Motor Speedway highway course on 10-11 Could.
Ghiotto met up with the Chicago-based DCR staff earlier this week, however has but to check the automobile.
“I’m very excited to be making my IndyCar Sequence debut this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park,” he mentioned.
“I’ve spent nearly all of my profession abroad however was at all times intrigued and desirous to strive IndyCar.
“Will probably be my first time driving this automobile and my first time at this observe, so there’s a steep studying curve and problem forward of me however I’m very a lot trying ahead to it.”
Luca Ghiotto, Williams FW40
Photograph by: Sutton Photos
Amongst his intensive expertise, the previous Nissan Formulation E take a look at and simulator driver was additionally a tester for the Williams Formulation 1 staff in 2017. He took half in that yr’s post-Hungarian Grand Prix take a look at, driving alongside Felipe Massa.
“We all know it received’t be a simple first race for Luca leaping within the automobile like this with no testing in anyway,” mentioned staff proprietor Dale Coyne.
“That mentioned, he has loads of expertise in several types of race automobiles and has confirmed himself over time.
“We sit up for seeing what he can do within the subsequent two races and know that he’ll carry expertise and information to the staff.”
Katherine Legge will develop into the fourth totally different driver of the #51 automobile when she joins DCR for the Indianapolis 500 subsequent month, with Siegel taking up from Jack Harvey in its #18 entry.