In Name Only

It?s misleading at best, grossly unfair at worst, to call Simon Pagenaud a rookie in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series.� After all, the soft-spoken Frenchman raced the full Champ Car World Series as teammate to Will Power in ?07.� He also impressed as a pinch-hitter in the IZOD IndyCar Series last year, stepping-in for the injured Simona de Silvestro and Justin Wilson in a trio of races.� What?s more, Pagenaud has several seasons worth of top level sports car experience to his credit in the American Le Mans Series, not to mention a handful of appearances at the helm of the mighty Peugeot 908 HDi at Le Mans and Spa-Francorchamps. And in this, his first full IZOD IndyCar Series season, Pagenaud looks anything but a novice: witness his storming second [...]

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