A two-year settlement, de Alba will spend the 2024 season driving the No. 2 entry for the newly fashioned Andretti Cape Indy NXT earlier than transitioning to Andretti’s Indy NXT outfit for 2025.
The 24-year-old Mexican is available in as a two-time NASCAR Mexico Collection champion (2021, 2023), together with titles in SC Tremendous Copa (2019) and Tremendous Copa GTM (2021, 2023). He debuted in USF Professional 2000 in 2022 with two wins and 4 podiums to position eighth within the championship. One other season in Indy Professional 2000 noticed him rating just one win however add extra consistency with three further runner-up outcomes en path to ending third within the general standings.
“Bringing Salvador onto the Andretti Cape Indy NXT roster this 12 months is a superb transfer for us,” stated Andretti International President J-F Thormann.
“He has a robust resume in a wide range of sequence and just lately walked out of 2023 with two driver’s championships, which is a formidable feat that hasn’t gone unnoticed. We expect that Salvador’s expertise and eagerness will make him a fantastic asset to the Andretti Cape Indy NXT crew, and we’re trying ahead to serving to to develop his profession and watching him develop by way of 2025.”
In some ways the most recent alternative has been a very long time coming as de Alba acquired his first-ever style of Indy NXT equipment in July 2021 in a take a look at with Andretti at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course.
“Becoming a member of Andretti Cape is the largest step in my profession to date, and I’m excited to be a part of this crew,” de Alba stated.
“Final 12 months was nice for me throughout NASCAR, Tremendous Copa and USF Professional 2000, so I’m keen to begin competing in Indy NXT for the primary time. With the assistance of my sponsors, Michel Jourdain and the Andretti Cape crew, we’re happy to make the bounce to Indy NXT, and I plan to work laborious to take advantage of out of this season.”
