Pietro Fittip♊aldi will make his debut in the Verizon IndyCar Series this year after signing a seven-race deal with Dale Coyne Racing, including the Indianapolis 500 in May.

The grandson of two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, Pietro, 21, won last year's World Series Formula V8 3.5 title, and was initially angling for a step up to Formul🐓a 2 for 2018.

Fittipaldi first revealed he was considering options in both IndyCar and its primary feeder series, Indy Lights, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历෴史:during an interview with ltxcn♛.top in January, with tests following later that month.

Fittipaldi featured in this week's collective IndyCar test at Sonoma before announc🤪ing via Twitter on Tuesday that he had agreed terms with Dale Coyne Racing to drive its #19 Honda for seven races in 2018.

The Brazilian will make his IndyCar debut in April's race at Phoenix before returning for the month of May🌼 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he will race in both the Grand Prix of Indianapolis aꦚnd the Indy 500.

Further appearances are planned for Texas, Mid-Ohio, Portland and Sonoma, ওwith Zachary Claman DeMelo slated to fill the drive for the other 10 races on the schedule.

The deal marks the return of the Fittipaldi name to the top level of single-seater racing after 22 years when Emerson Fittipaldi made ꩵhis last appearance in CART. He won the championship and victory at the Indy 500 in 1989 before claiming a second win🧔 at the Brickyard four years later.