Meyer Shank Racing has confirmed that Mick Schumacher will be a part of the staff for the 2027 IndyCar season. After Indianapolis 500 champion Felix Rosenqvist left MSR for Arrow McLaren, MSR has determined that Schumacher will likely be his substitute.
Schumacher is out the door at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing after RLL agreed to promote certainly one of its three charters to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing forward of the 2027 season. With Graham Rahal and Louis Foster already below contract at RLL, Schumacher was the odd man out after only one season with the staff. Now he’ll develop into Marcus Armstrong’s teammate at MSR.
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“I am tremendous excited to be working with everybody at Meyer Shank Racing and actually excited to be becoming a member of such an formidable staff,” Schumacher mentioned in a information launch. “It will be a particular journey to start out working with MSR. I’m trying ahead to what extra I can study from the staff. They’ve had some actually nice success, and naturally, going to an Indy 500-winning staff is superior.
“It will likely be nice to start out assembly everybody on the staff and dealing with MSR’s companions. I am actually simply excited to start working towards 2027 collectively and actually begin enthusiastic about how we are able to create an incredible partnership collectively.”
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Kyle Kirkwood and Christian Rasmussen crash throughout IndyCar follow at Milwaukee in 2026.
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Alexander Rossi (left) at Snap-On Makers and Fixers 250 on the Milwaukee Mile
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Schumacher will pilot MSR’s No. 66 Honda, which Armstrong has pushed for the previous two years. When Armstrong signed a multiyear extension with the staff in July, MSR introduced that he’d swap to Rosenqvist’s automobile, the No. 60 Honda.
Schumacher, the son of seven-time Method One champion Michael Schumacher, will full his first IndyCar season at Laguna Seca this weekend. He enters the season finale twenty third within the championship and 18 factors behind Dale Coyne Racing’s Dennis Hauger for Rookie of the Yr. Schumacher’s finest end got here when he completed eighth within the Music Metropolis Grand Prix on the Nashville Superspeedway oval.
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“We’re very excited to have Mick and ENVE be a part of us subsequent yr,” MSR co-owner Mike Shank mentioned. “He actually impressed us in his first season of IndyCar. It isn’t a simple sequence to come back into and the competitors is extremely tight, however while you have a look at what he is achieved and the progress he is made all year long, we see a number of potential in him.
“He is additionally proven great tempo on the ovals, which is a large hurdle for any driver coming into IndyCar with out that have. He is tailored rapidly, and we’re excited to see what he can do with one other yr of expertise and with our group round him. And naturally we’re excited to welcome ENVE onboard. The identical values drive ENVE that drive MSR and we’re each aiming for victories in our personal disciples. I feel that it’s a good match for us to affix collectively.”
After two seasons in F1 (2021 and 2022) and two seasons in WEC (2024 and 2025), Schumacher confirmed earier this summer time that he wished to stay in IndyCar. He’ll get a second season by way of MSR.
