Luis Felipe ‘Pipo’ Derani reflected on his maiden Verizon IndyCar Series test with Schmidt Peterson Motorsport at Sebring International Raceway, and he hopes it leads to more opportunities in the future. The Brazilian swapped his prototype drive in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the #5 Dallara-Honda usually driven by James Hinchcliffe, and felt it was a great opportunity to impress in front of team boss Sam Schmidt. 'I only had one day in the car, but I hope to do more in the future,' said Derani to Racer. 'My relationship with Sam goes back a few years ago, since I was driving with Ed Brown [co-owner of Derani’s Tequila Patron ESM team in IMSA]; Ed said I needed to...
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