Christian Lundgaard

Contact with Yifei Ye saw him only finish 26th in the first race, and climbed to 17th in the second.

In Silverstone, Lundgaard started fourth in Race 1 and passed Marcus Armstrong at the start but would eventually fall to seventh.

Starting second in Race 2, he was passed by both Pedro Piquet and Leonardo Pulcini on the final lap.

Lundgaard lost more positions but benefitted from a collision in the end to secure fifth place.

In the Hungaroring, Lundgaard had a breakthrough weekend, topping practice and then later taking his first ever F3 pole.

He had a dominant race and led teammate Fewtrell home to take his win in the series.

Christian Lundgaard (born 23 July 2001) is a Danish professional racing driver who is driving the No. 45 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar Series.

He was the 2022 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, and was a member of the Alpine Academy from 2017 until 2022.

Lundgaard began karting professionally in 2012.

He competed all across Europe and collected three major titles along the way, including the 2015 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.

The next two rounds were poor for Lundgaard, he retired in the first race at Le Castellet due to a broken suspension, but recovered to 15th the next day.

At Austria, Lundgaard qualified fifth but was disqualified from qualifying due to a physio issue.

In December 2016, Lundgaard was ranked fifth on a list compiled by Motorsport.com of the top ten karting drivers with future potential.

Lundgaard began his single-seater career in 2017, where he won the F4 Spanish and SMP F4 Championship in his debut year.

In 2017, Lundgaard made his single-seater debut in the SMP F4 and Spanish F4 championships with MP Motorsport, at the age of 15.

In SMP F4, he claimed nine victories, seven pole positions and ten fastest laps and claimed the championship with one round to go.

In the Spanish F4 Championship, Lundgaard won six races, including all the races at Aragón to become champion.

In 2018, he made a move to the Formula Renault Eurocup, where he placed runner-up to Max Fewtrell.

In 2018, after testing with them at the post-season test, Lundgaard reunited with MP Motorsport for the Eurocup championship.

His first podium of the season came with a third place during the second race at Paul Ricard.

His win would not be too far away, as he took his first victory in the series during the next round at Monza, defended from Lorenzo Colombo and duly taking the lead of the championship.

A retirement and four consecutive fifth-placed finishes followed, before he was back on the podium during the second race at the Red Bull Ring.

The next round at Spa-Francorchamps, saw Lundgaard win the first race and take the Eurocup lead.

A double podium including a win at the Hungaroring saw him into serious championship contention.

However, a double retirement at the Hockenheimring left his championship chances dented and trailing leader and fellow Renault junior Max Fewtrell by 36.5 points heading into the final round.

Despite "taking more risk" to claim a win and a second place at the final round in Barcelona, he was unable to overhaul the points tally of Fewtrell, leaving the British driver to be crowned champion by 17.5 points.

In an article by Motorsport.com, Lundgaard was ranked 13th of their top 20 junior drivers in 2018.

In June 2018, Lundgaard joined MP for the third round of the 2018 championship at Paul Ricard.

In December, he returned for the final post-season test, driving for ART Grand Prix.

Following his success in Formula Renault, Lundgaard was linked with a seat at ART Grand Prix for the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship.

He secured a promotion to ART Grand Prix in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship where he ended 6th.

In January 2019, the French outfit confirmed Lundgaard would race with them, alongside Eurocup rival Max Fewtrell and David Beckmann.

Before the season, Lundgaard competed in the last round of the Asian F3 Winter series.

During the first round at Barcelona, Lundgaard qualified second for his first race.

He passed polesitter Robert Shwartzman at the start and never looked back to win the race, but was demoted five seconds for exceeding the virtual safety car delta.

Nevertheless, it was his first podium in Formula 3.

He followed it up with sixth in Race 2.

Lundgaard continued with ART Grand Prix for the 2020 Formula 2 Championship and took two wins to place 7th overall.

However, a poor 2021 season saw him make a switch to IndyCar for 2022.

He won his first IndyCar race at the 2023 Honda Indy Toronto, becoming the first Danish driver to ever win an IndyCar race.