Rossi still mum on 2025 but says news is coming 'shortly'

One question has been asked more than any other in the NTT IndyCar Series paddock in recent weeks: Where is Alexander Rossi going next year?

The Arrow McLaren driver is in his final weeks with the team, and as evidenced by the throngs of fans who repeatedly ask where their favorite driver will call home in 2025, there’s great interest in how the Californian will write the next chapter of his career.

“We're gonna have some news for people shortly,” Rossi told RACER. “It's been a pretty dynamic silly season for a lot of different reasons. Honestly, man, I just love the team that I'm driving for. I'm trying to do the best job that we can -- really amazing people at that organization who deserve to end the year on a high note. It's been a pretty dumb second half of the season, but we've got the tools we need to end it on a high, so we'll start with that this weekend and the rest will take care of itself.”

Rossi received one of the loudest cheers from the grandstands during qualifying for this weekend’s Hy-Vee Milwaukee doubleheader, which is a demonstration of the bond he’s built with fans for many years.

“I try and be very transparent,” he said of the deep connections he’s made. “It's amazing, and as fortunate as we all are to be race car drivers, it has its challenges and its struggles, and I think not sugar-coating that all the time resonates with people, because they're human beings, right? I think so much of this sport is about, ‘The No. 7 Velo Arrow McLaren Chevrolet was great today, even though we were 15th. We really hope to have a strong day tomorrow.’ I’m like, ‘Cool, but that's also a lie, and you're [angry], and it sucks.”