Compounding the possible pro-Canadian driver roster with Hinchcliffe and Wickens, the team is co-owned by Canadian transportation magnate Ric Peterson, and ex-Ganassi race engineer Todd Malloy – another Canadian – is expected to join the team and fill the void left by Allen McDonald, who departed in September. Altogether, the Verizon IndyCar Series would have its first proper representation from the Great White North within a single team since the merger with Champ Car in 2008.
To announce his return, and possibly the formation of a Super Canadian combo, Hinchcliffe is said to have rented a kart track in Toronto, where he and Wickens raced as youngsters, to present SPM’s two-car lineup next week.