Ericsson’s Andretti seat is secure, Edwards says

Marcus Ericsson continues to endure his toughest IndyCar season to date, which has led to speculation regarding his future with the Andretti Global team. According to Andretti COO Rob Edwards, there’s no reason to question their commitment to the Swede.

The 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner joined Andretti in 2024 on what’s understood to be a three-year contract, and with one year remaining on the deal, Edwards says Ericsson will remain in the No. 28 Honda.

“Nothing's changed,” Edwards told RACER. “He is under contract for next year, and we can’t stop people from saying whatever they choose to say. But it'll go away when we can get more results with the 28 car. He's under contract, and that's what we're doing.”

In a bid to jumpstart Ericsson’s disappointing sophomore season, Andretti’s leadership made a change to No. 28 entry at the start of July by placing Dave Seyffert in charge of race engineering. The 34-year-old’s best finish of the year was delivered with Seyffert at Toronto where a run to fifth place was produced, but adversity with a tire failure and crash in the second race at Iowa and a mistake and solo incident last weekend at Laguna Seca have tempered Ericsson’s potential results.

The conversation surrounding Ericsson would likely be different without the 22nd at Iowa 2 and the 25th at Laguna, but Edwards is confident in the reconfigured program’s potential as they head into the final three races of the season.

“I think it's certainly given a fresh direction and a positive direction,” he said. “It's a results business, and they've got to put some results on the board. But yes, I think the change was good, and we’re happy that we did what we did.”