User:Migiditch

IndyCar and Motorsports enthusiast

Below is my fantasy racing career which starts in 2005/06 and last to present day and includes NO FACTUAL INFORMATION of me or any racing series that is linked.

Migiditch
Nationality	United States Nigeria (via dual-nationality)
Born	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 Allen, Texas
IndyCar Series career
84 races run over 5 years
Team(s)	No. 22 Team Penske
2023 position	3rd
Best finish	1st (2015, 2016)
First race	2011 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2023 Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
First win	2011 São Paulo Indy 300 (São Paulo Street Circuit)
Last win	2023 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland International Raceway)
Wins Podiums Poles 15 26 8
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2010–2014, 2017–2021
Teams	Sauber, Force India, McLaren, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo
Car number	22
Entries	180 (180 starts)
Championships	1
Wins	15
Podiums	0
Career points	18
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
First win	2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win	2021 Russian Grand Prix
Last entry	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2021 position	17th (9 pts)
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Car no., team	No. 33 (Team Penske)
First race	2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis)
First win	2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 2 0
Previous series
2005 2006-2007 2007 2008 2008-2009	Skip Barber Racing Series USF2000 Formula 3 Euro Series Indy Lights GP2 Series
Championship titles
2015 2016 2018	IndyCar Series IndyCar Series Formula One
Awards
2011 2011	IndyCar Rookie of the Year Indianapolis 500 Co-Rookie of the Year

Joshua [Last Name] (born 13 February 1990) is an American-Nigerian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 22 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He competed in Formula One from 2010 until 2014, and again from 2017-2021, winning the 2018 Formula One World Championship with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. He's achieved further success in IndyCar, winning the IndyCar Championship twice, in 2015 and 2016.

Early Life and Career

Migiditch was born in Allen, Texas to an English mother and Nigerian father, shortly after he was born his family moved to Maryland, and later to Lake Arbor in Prince George's County. He began karting at the age of 9 after meeting a relative of a family friend who worked for Newman-Haas Racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams. He would go on to win minor championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

Junior Formulae

Migiditch would Graduate to Indy Lights in 2008, with Integra Motorsports w/ CGRT. Originally planning on running the full-time in the series, he was given an opportunity to compete in the GP2 Series alongside Indy Lights. he would officially commit on running a split schedule between GP2 and Indy Lights in May.

Formula 1

Brackley based teams (2008-2009)

Honda (2008)

At the 2008 Indianapolis 500, it was announced that Migiditch would become Honda F1's first development driver, in which he would also become the team's test and reserve driver.

Brawn (2009)

After Honda pulled out the sport, Migiditch along with Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button were all out of drives for the 2009 Formula One season. After Ross Brawn and Nick Fry purchased the remains of Honda F1 Team, Ross Brawn negotiated with Joshua to remain with the team. On March 13th, 2009 Migiditch was announced as the flagship test, reserve and development for Brawn GP and Mercedes powered teams, including McLaren, as a result of being absorbed into the McLaren Young Drivers program.

McLaren (2013-2014)

After being absorbed into the McLaren Young Drivers program, he would be bought out of his Force India contract to join the Woking outfit for the 2013 season after the departure of Lewis Hamilton. In the end of the 2013 season, Migiditch just didn't have enough to overtake Vettel in the championship, winning the last 3 races but coming up 8 points short of becoming champion.

IndyCar

Dreyer & Reinbold (2011)

Migiditc would partake in a post season test with Conquest Racing shortly after the 2010 IndyCar season,

Personal Life

Migiditch still lives in his childhood home in Lake Arbor, alongside Mooresville, North Carolina, where Team Penske is headquartered.

Racing Record

GP2 Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	Fisichella Motor Sport International	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	IST FEA 2	IST SPR 1	MON FEA	MON SPR	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR Ret	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 8	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 12	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR 3	4th	62
2009	Telmex Arden International	CAT FEA 1	CAT SPR 2	MON FEA 1	MON SPR 17†	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 12	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 4	NÜR FEA 18†	NÜR SPR 5	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 4									4th	45
	Barwa Addax Team													VAL FEA 1	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR

Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	WDC	Points
2008	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA108	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	TUR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR TD	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	CHN	BRA					-	-
2009	Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn BGP 001	Mercedes-Benz FO 108W 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR TD	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR TD	BEL	ITA										-	-
	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.09	BMW P86/9 2.4 V8														SIN TD	JPN	BRA TD	ABU
2010	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C29	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	AUS 7	MAL 9	CHN Ret	ESP 10	MON 8	TUR 11	CAN 14	EUR 4	GBR 9	GER 14	HUN 7	BEL 3	ITA 11	SIN 8	JPN 8	KOR 7	BRA 6	ABU 9				9th	72
2011	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C30	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	TUR	ESP	MON	CAN 6	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA				17th	8
2012	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz FO 108Z 2.4 V8	AUS 8	MAL 3	CHN 12	BHR 6	ESP 14	MON 1	CAN 7	EUR 4	GBR 3	GER 4	HUN 3	BEL DSQ	ITA 13†	SIN 1	JPN 2	KOR 6	IND 1	ABU 4	USA Ret	BRA 19†			4th	200
2013	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-28	Mercedes-Benz FO 108F 2.4 V8	AUS 2	MAL 4	CHN 2	BHR 1	ESP 5	MON 7	CAN 4	EUR 1	GBR 1	GER 2	HUN 4	BEL 2	ITA 3	SIN 2	KOR 1	JPN 2	IND 2	ABU 1	USA 1	BRA 1			2nd	368
2014	McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-29	Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS 2	MAL 1	BHR 1	CHN 1	ESP 1	MON 2	CAN Ret	AUT 2	GBR 1	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL Ret	ITA 1	SIN 1	JPN 1	RUS 1	USA 1	BRA 2	ABU 1				1st	384
2017	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG F1 W08	Mercedes-AMG M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t	AUS 2	CHN 1	BHR 2	RUS 4	ESP 1	MON 7	CAN 1	AZE 5	AUT 4	GBR 1	HUN 4	BEL 1	ITA 1	SIN 1	MAL 2	JPN 1	USA 1	MEX 9	BRA 4	ABU 2			1st	363
2018	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG F1 W09	Mercedes-AMG M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t	AUS 2	BHR 3	CHN 4	AZE 1	ESP 1	MON 3	CAN 5	FRA 1	AUT Ret	GBR 2	GER 1	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 1	SIN 1	RUS 1	JPN 1	USA 3	MEX 4	BRA 1	ABU 1		1st	408
2019	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t	AUS 2	BHR 1	CHN 1	AZE 2	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 1	FRA 1	AUT 5	GBR 1	GER 9	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 3	SIN 4	RUS 1	JPN 3	MEX 1	USA 2	BRA 7	ABU 1		1st	413
2020	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo Racing C39	Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t	AUT	STY	HUN	GBR	70A	ESP	BEL	ITA	TUS	RUS	EIF	POR	EMI	TUR	BHR	SKH	ABU
2021	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo Racing C41	Ferrari 065/6 1.6 V6 t	BHR	EMI	POR	ESP	MON	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NED	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MXC	SAP	QAT	SAU	ABU

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Pts
2008	Integra Motorsports w/ CGRT	HMS 4	STP 2	STP 21	KAN	INDY 3	MIL 12	IOW	WGL	WGL	NSH 2	MDO 12	MDO 1	KTY 20	SNM 12	SNM 1	CHI 12	4th	448

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2011	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara IR05	22	Honda	STP 4	ALA 2	LBH 21	SAO 1	INDY 3	TXS 12	TXS 9	MIL 15	IOW 3	TOR 2	EDM 24	MDO 26	NHM 20	SNM 2	BAL 1	MOT 22	KTY 5	LVS1 C		4th	448
2015	Team Penske	Dallara DW12		Chevrolet	STP 3	NLA 21	LBH 24	ALA 1	IMS 1	INDY 3	DET 10	DET 15	TXS 13	TOR 4	FON 19	MIL 22	IOW 10	MDO 14	POC 4	SNM 7				3rd	493
2016			1		STP 1	PHX 1	LBH 11	ALA 2	IMS 2	INDY 4	DET 21	DET 8	ROA 2	IOW 2	TOR 2	MDO 17	POC 2	TXS 1	WGL 2	SNM 2				2nd	532
2021	Andretti Herta-Haupert & Curb-Agajanian		98	Honda	ALA	STP	TXS	TXS	IMS	INDY Wth	DET	DET	ROA	MDO	NSH	IMS	GTW	POR	LAG	LBH				-	0
2022	Team Penske		22	Chevrolet	STP 3	TXS 4	LBH 4	ALA 4	IMS 3	INDY 15	DET 1	ROA 19	MDO 3	TOR 15	IOW 3	IOW 2	IMS 3	NSH 11	GTW 6	POR 2	LAG 3			1st	560
2023					STP 7	TXS 16	LBH 6	ALA 3	IMS 12	INDY 23	DET 2	ROA 13	MDO 3	TOR 14	IOW 5	IOW 2	NSH 10	IMS 6	GTW 9	POR 25	LAG 4			7th	425
2024					STP 2	THE DNQ	LBH 6	ALA 2	IMS 2	INDY 24	DET 6	ROA 1	LAG 7	MDO 11	IOW	IOW	TOR	GTW	POR	MIL	MIL	NSH		2nd*	281*

• ¹ The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.