It turned out to be one of those days for Andretti Autosport... one of those days we'd all like to forget. By the end of the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, the youngest driver, Sebastian Saavedra, had grabbed the best finish of the quartet as Ryan Hunter-Reay's championship hopes took a hit and the two remaining Andretti entries suffered mechanical woes and dropped from the race.
Sebastian Saavedra, Team AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport, No. 27
Saavedra was ninth in today's practice session. This is his second time racing at the Grand Prix of Baltimore, after finishing 13th last year with the IZOD IndyCar Series.
In today's Firestone Indy Lights race, Carlos Munoz made a mad dash forward after starting 12th, getting as high as third place until mechanical woes knocked him out of the race in the No. 26 Dialy-Ser entry.
Birthday: Jun. 2, 1990
Hometown: Bogata, Colombia
Residence: Bogota, Colombia.
Height/Weight: 5'8"/140lbs.
2008 · Finished second in ATS Formel 3 Cup in Germany with three wins, four poles and eight podium finishes. · Won races at Hockenheim, Assen and Oschersleben. · Also competed in Austrian Formula 3 races, finishing ninth.
2007 · Finished eighth in Formula BMW USA for EuroInternational with a win and four podiums in eight starts. · Won three of six starts in Formula BMW Asia and had one podium finish in two starts in Formula BMW ADAC in Germany. · Finished fourth in Formula BMW World Final.
2006 · Finished 11th in Formula BMW USA for Gelles Racing. · Made two starts in Formula BMW ADAC in Germany and competed in the Formula BMW World Final.
Early Career · Began karting at age 10 and competed in go-karting events in throughout South America and in Europe.