Sure, there might have been a few hard feelings aimed at Andretti Green Racing teammate Danica Patrick after Saturday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, but they already were forgotten.
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“I just said what I was feeling, ” Andretti said Tuesday during a break in IndyCar testing at Watkins Glen International. “I was frustrated. But we talked it out. It’s not the first time it’s happened and it’s not the last time it’s going to happen. We just have to work the best we can together. “
“Marco and I are fine, ” Patrick said. “It’s definitely nothing new to have drivers out there pushing and competing for positions and having differences about things. “
After Saturday’s race, Andretti expressed frustration with Patrick. Andretti finished a season-best fourth and Patrick was sixth, but they were battling side-by-side late in the race for fifth.
Patrick responded to Andretti’s complaint by saying he made a great pass to get by her and that the two were simply racing for position.
Marco Andretti also said Tuesday that he wanted to set the record straight. He said he never said Patrick was a bad teammate - only that at the time she was driving like one. He said it was just a gut reaction in the heat of the moment.
“It was kind of blown out of proportion,” he said. “It was just a moment and frustrating at the time. It’s over.”
Marco Andretti, meanwhile, has had mixed results. The 22-year-old has four top-10s but also finished 13th in the season-opener and 30th at Indy, when a first-lap crash with Mario Moraes ruined his chances.
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