Éric Bachelart's Conquest Racing IndyCar team has confirmed Wednesday that Canadian race car driver Alexandre Tagliani will drive the sole entry of the team in the St. Petersburg race.
Conquest Racing announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Northlands that will see the Edmonton-based organization and one of its signature events, the Rexall Edmonton Indy, become the primary sponsor of the No 34 Conquest Racing car for this weekend's season opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida.
The team also confirmed that Canadian fan favorite Alex Tagliani, will be back behind the wheel of the Conquest car for the first race of the 2009 season.
Tagliani will be back in action without having completed one mile of testing this past winter.
While coming in at the last minute is not the ideal scenario, Alex Tagliani proved last season, when he joined Conquest Racing that he was up to the task. In his first race aboard a Dallara Indy car at Detroit, he registered one of the fastest race laps and he followed that with a fourth place at Surfers Paradise.
"It's been a pretty crazy winter and I'm happy to be getting back behind the wheel of a race car this weekend." Tagliani daid. "I had an excellent experience with the team last year and I'm looking forward to continue what we started last season."
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com
Conquest Racing announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Northlands that will see the Edmonton-based organization and one of its signature events, the Rexall Edmonton Indy, become the primary sponsor of the No 34 Conquest Racing car for this weekend's season opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida.
The team also confirmed that Canadian fan favorite Alex Tagliani, will be back behind the wheel of the Conquest car for the first race of the 2009 season.
Tagliani will be back in action without having completed one mile of testing this past winter.
While coming in at the last minute is not the ideal scenario, Alex Tagliani proved last season, when he joined Conquest Racing that he was up to the task. In his first race aboard a Dallara Indy car at Detroit, he registered one of the fastest race laps and he followed that with a fourth place at Surfers Paradise.
"It's been a pretty crazy winter and I'm happy to be getting back behind the wheel of a race car this weekend." Tagliani daid. "I had an excellent experience with the team last year and I'm looking forward to continue what we started last season."
photo:Philippe Champoux - Auto123.com