INDYCAR: Auto GP champ to test with SPM

Reigning Auto GP Formula Open champion Luis Michael Dorrbecker will test an IndyCar for Schmidt Peterson Motorsport at Sebring in March.

The 24-year-old Mexican will join the team as an observer for the open test at Phoenix next month before taking his turn at the wheel of the SPM Honda for the second day of the Sebring test on March 1st.

"It is a dream come true to be able to confirm that I will get in an IndyCar," said Dorrbecker, who is backed by Telmex.

"If someone had told me when I started karts that someday I would share track with drivers like Tony Kannan and Scott Dixon, who I saw running in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez when I was a kid, I would have not believed it.

"It's a big step in my career after winning the Auto GP championship in 2016 and I think that's the way to go to be the first full-time Mexican driver in the IndyCar Series since Adrian Fernandez in 2004. I have the advantage of knowing the track from when I competed in Skip Barber, but this car is an animal; very different from what I've done before, not only because of the power, but also because of the technological level it has. We are prepared mentally and physically to make the most of this great opportunity."

Dorrbecker has spent the past several seasons competing in Europe, but tested an Indy Lights car with Schmidt in 2012.