Bob Pockrass
FOX Motorsports Insider
Linus Lundqvist, the 2024 INDYCAR Rookie of the Year who has been without a ride in 2025, will serve as the standby driver for Nolan Siegel this weekend at Toronto as Siegel has been cleared to race.
Linus Lundqvist looks on during practice for the INDYCAR Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 on August 16, 2024
Siegel missed the second race of the Iowa doubleheader weekend Sunday after suffering a mild concussion in a hard crash Saturday. He met with doctors on Thursday to determine if he can race, and he was cleared and on his way to Toronto as of late Thursday morning.
“There are some protocols,” team principal Tony Kanaan said Sunday. “He needs to rest. We need to keep an eye if he’s sleeping more than usual. Mild workout and sim. We can put him on the sim.”
Lundqvist traveled with the team on Thursday morning and will remain in Toronto as a standby.
The 26-year-old Lundqvist had two top fives and four top 10s last year, as he finished 16th in the standings as a rookie for Chip Ganassi Racing. Without sponsorship, he lost his ride when Ganassi downsized its INDYCAR program from five to three teams.
The 20-year-old Siegel is 21st in the standings in his first full INDYCAR season.
Nolan Siegel at Iowa 2025
Speaking after exiting the care center Saturday, Siegel said the car was handling differently at that point late in the race.
“It was a little weird from the time I left pit lane and hadn’t had a lot of oversteer up until then,” Siegel said. “And then I just lost it in the middle of [turns] 3 and 4. I used to be pushing arduous. … There’s not rather more to it.”
Kanaan, a wildly well-liked former driver with 17 profession wins who was the backup driver for Kyle Larson for the Indy 500, mentioned he didn’t need to drive the automotive.
“I really, actually, actually love what I’m doing now,” Kanaan mentioned. “I all the time need to drive an INDYCAR, however I’ve no need going towards these guys and get beat.”
Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports activities. He has spent many years protecting motorsports, together with over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Seaside) Information-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
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