3G calls up Jaques Lazier for Texas
Team 3G has recruited veteran Jaques Lazier to replace Stanton Barrett for this weekend's Texas IndyCar race
NASCAR regular Barrett has so far struggled to get up to speed in his first IndyCar season - failing to qualify for Indianapolis and then missing last weekend's Milwaukee race due to a practice crash.
3G co-owners Steve Sudler and Greg Beck said Barrett would return later in the season, but that the squad needed a more experienced driver at this stage. Lazier, whose deal for Texas is currently a one-off, completed 50 IndyCar races in a variety of partial programmes between 1999 and 2007, although he has only appeared at Indianapolis in recent years.
"As we continue to lay the foundation and improve as a team, we believe Jaques' experience with these cars will help our team tremendously," said Sudler.
"Now is the time to start building toward 2010 for programmes and sponsorship, and we look forward to giving Stanton a competitive car later this season for Japan and some other events."
Lazier, whose career highlight was a victory at Chicagoland in 2001, hopes to help the team move forward.
"I have been talking with Greg and Steve since Indy," he said, "and I feel really comfortable with where the team is headed and how we can work to grow the programme on ovals and with my sponsors as well."
Be part of the Autosport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Top Comments
Hamilton accepts blame for incident with Albon in F1 Brazilian GP
Ferrari drivers called to F1 stewards over Brazilian GP collision
Will Alonso's Indy failure end the age of versatility?
Rahal pays tribute to late CART racer Bob Lazier, who died after contracting coronavirus
Buddy Lazier to enter own car for Indianapolis 500
Lazier lands full-time IRL drive
Frustrated Hamilton had to "yank" steering wheel in Azerbaijan GP
Power explains "strange" seat belt problem that thwarted IndyCar title hopes
Piastri's brilliance is both saving and causing problems for McLaren
Van Gisbergen "pretty angry at myself" over last-lap Watkins Glen error
The lasting legacy of Reynard’s IndyCar revolution
When Indycar’s mistimed experiment briefly beat F1 at Silverstone
How the wider motorsport world reacted to Senna’s death
The apprenticeship that will aid Ilott's IndyCar to WEC switch at Jota
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
