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IRL: Montagny aiming for IndyCar in 2009

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Khatir Soltani
Former Formula 1 driver Franck Montagny will be in Long Beach this weekend for the last Champ Car race, and hopes to enter IndyCar with Forsythe Racing next season.

The Frenchman had signed with Forsythe this year to contest in Champ Car but lost his drive when the series reunified with the IRL and the team dropped out.

But Forsythe will race in the last ever Champ Car event, at Long Beach this weekend, and Montagny is hoping they will make the switch to IndyCar for next year.

"It was disappointing to have a deal three weeks before the season, and then nothing," he told autosport.com. "But we've kept very close with Forsythe and we have a very good relationship. Maybe there will be a chance to do IndyCar with them next year, I hope so."
Khatir Soltani
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