Ahead of this week’s pre-season test for the NTT IndyCar Series at Circuit of The Americas, Patricio O’Ward has announced that he and Harding Steinbrenner Racing have decided to part ways.

“The Harding Steinbrenner Racing team supported my decision to seek a new opportunity by releasing me from my contract and allowing me the opportunity to find a new team before the start of the 2019 season,” said O’Ward, the 2018 Indy Lights champion who strongly impressed in his IndyCar debut with HSR late last season. “Now, I am fully focused on finding the right opportunity and how I will use my scholarship from Indy Lights for 2019.”

RACER reported last Friday that Harding Steinbrenner would field a single entry for this week’s COTA test.