Alexandre Baron, from Narbonne, France, is developing a habit of causing upsets. The teenager who burst onto the scene in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda in September, winning on his debut at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, yesterday marked his very first appearance in an Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires car by posting the fastest time of the Chris Griffis Memorial Mazda Road to Indy Test at Barber Motorsports Park.
Baron lost no time in making his presence felt in the #4 13th Avenue entry. He set the second fastest time in both Monday sessions, headed in the first one by Matthew Brabham and in the afternoon by Brabham’s Andretti Autosport teammate, Zach Veach, but led the way in both of yesterday’s outings. His best time of 1:15.726 was faster than the record race lap of 1:16.0858 set this past April by Veach.
“First of all, I would like to thank Belardi Auto Racing for giving me this tremendous opportunity to drive in Indy Lights,” said Baron, who emerged unscathed from an incident on Monday. “It was an absolutely unbelievable experience. Even though the test is finished, I just want to drive again now! The car, everyone on the team was just perfect these two days. Unfortunately, I wasn’t perfect Monday in the last session but that is the way it is. Now I am looking forward to another test with the team and we will work even harder to be the strongest team.”
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