Ryan Briscoe is no stranger to winning on the downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., street course, driving to victory in a Penske Porsche in the American LeMans Series LMP2 classification a year ago.
Now the Australian will be racing for victory in a Penske chassis in Sunday’s IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, hoping he or teammate and two-time defending race champion Helio Castroneves can extend Penske’s run of success.
His Ganassi experience didn’t allow him to put his newfound knowledge to good use, but he now has the ability to do that with Team Penske, who won the 2006 IndyCar championship with Hornish at the wheel.
“Sam was an amazing driver in the Indy Racing League, and he was the guy that I used to watch every race when I would come out to the track and always trying to learn things,” he said.
“I would watch him and how he raced, and so it’s kind of a special feeling to be taking his seat at this point. And working with his engineer, his mechanic, I’m really just taking it all in right now and trying to learn as much as possible; trying to learn what setups he ran and what his strategy was and all of that. I’m just working really hard to be the right guy to fill his shoes.”
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