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 three times, in 2015, 2016, and 2024.

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 karting 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 announce running a split schedule between GP2 and Indy Lights at the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

Formula 1

Brackley based teams (2008-2009)

Honda (2008)

At the 2008 Indianapolis 500, Honda announced that Olu would become Honda Racing F1's first development driver, in which he would also become the team's test and reserve driver. He would make his Formula One race weekend debut at the 2008 British Grand Prix, driving in FP1 in place of Rubens Barrichello.

Brawn (2009)

After Honda pulled out the sport, Olu was without of a pathway to Formula One for 2009. After Ross Brawn and Nick Fry purchased the remains of Honda, Olu negotiated with Ross Brawn to remain with the team. On March 13th, 2009 Olu 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 programme.

McLaren (2013-2014)

As a McLaren Young Driver, 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, reuniting with Jenson Button. The 2013 season started in great fashion, with a second place on his debut in the Australian Grand Prix, finishing 1.2 seconds behind Kimi Räikkönen. Despite winning the last 3 races at the end of the 2013 season, Olu just didn't have enough to overtake Vettel in the championship, coming up 8 points short of becoming champion.

Olu during the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix

Mercedes (2017-2018)

Before the 2017 season began, Olu at the time was in the process of extending his deal at Team Penske for the 2017 IndyCar Series season. However, on January 8th it was confirmed that Olu would join Mercedes for the 2017 season, joining then 3-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, creating the first ever all-black driver line-up in the sport's history.

At the Australian Grand Prix,

Alfa Romeo (2019-2021)

In the aftermath of the drama at the German, Japanese and Russian Grand Prix's, Mercedes ended talks with Olu to extend his contract, leaving him jobless for the next season.

At the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo announced that Olu would not return to the team in 2022. Olu would go on to finish his final Formula One race at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 3rd. After the controversial finish Olu would go on to make several remarks about the finish calling it "ridiculous", "a joke", "a disgrace to the sport", and wrapping up with "maybe I made the right choice to leave Formula One."

These comments made fans speculate that Olu was retiring, but he confirmed that he wanted to 'pursue other opportunities elsewhere'.

At the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Olu officially revealed that he had retired from Formula One, but wouldn't be against returning 'in an Alonso' type of way.

IndyCar

Dreyer & Reinbold (2011)

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

Team Penske (2015-2016)

Olu during practice for the 2015 Grand Prix of Long Beach

Personal Life

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

Olu is a avid supporter of Chelsea F.C., FC Bayern Munich, the Baltimore Ravens, D.C. United and Washington Wizards

Olu is currently in a relationship with Actress Miranda Cosgrove.

In popular culture

Olu has appeared in TV shows and Movies on occasion as himself, such as Celebrity Family Feud and American Ninja Warrior with fellow IndyCar drivers, Top Gear and it's Amazon Prime Video successor The Grand Tour.

Olu has frequently been a guest on Off-Track with Hinch and Rossi, a podcast hosted by former IndyCar driver and NBC commentator James Hinchcliffe and current IndyCar star Alexander Rossi.

Olu ventured into commentary for the first time, being a special color commentator on Peacock's Indy NXT coverage for select races in 2023, before joining the NXT booth full-time in 2024.

Olu provided analysts for F1TV's coverage of the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2023.

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 6	CAT SPR 1	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	Points
2008	Integra Motorsports w/ CGRT	HMS 4	STP 2	STP 1	KAN	INDY 4	MIL 15	IOW	WGL	WGL	NSH 17	MDO 1	MDO 1	KTY 6	SNM 2	SNM 2	CHI 11	18th	186

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	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
2014	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara DW12	5		STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	DET	TXS	HOU	HOU	POC	IOW	TOR	TOR	MDO	MIL	SNM	FON 5	27th	61
2015	Team Penske		22	Chevrolet	STP 3	NLA 21	LBH 24	ALA 1	IMS 1	INDY 3	DET 10	DET 15	TXS 13	TOR 4	MIL 22	IOW 10	MDO 14	POC 4	SNM 1	FON 1			3rd	493
2016			1		STP 1	PHX 1	LBH 11	ALA 2	IMS 2	INDY 4	DET 21	DET 8	TXS 1	ROA 2	IOW 2	TOR 2	MDO 21	POC 3	WGL 2	SNM 2			1st	698
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 7	TXS 3	LBH 2	ALA 11	IMS 1	INDY 6	DET 3	ROA 5	MDO 23	TOR 9	IOW 3	IOW 3	IMS 4	NSH 16	GTW 7	POR 6	LAG 4		3rd	532
2023					STP 3	TXS 3	LBH 12	ALA 9	IMS 1	INDY 3	DET 2	ROA 5	MDO 9	TOR 16	IOW 5	IOW 2	NSH 1	IMS 1	GTW 2	POR 1	LAG 28		2nd	578
2024					STP 1	THE DNQ	LBH 1	ALA 7	IMS 1	INDY 22	DET 4	ROA 4	LAG 21	MDO 2	IOW 1	IOW 2	TOR 13	GTW 19	POR 6	MIL 12	MIL 7	NSH 5	1st	580

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	14	3	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2015	Dallara	Chevrolet	8	3	Team Penske
2016	Dallara	Chevrolet	2	4	Team Penske
2021	Dallara	Honda	Wth		Andretti Herta-Haupert & Curb-Agajanian
2022	Dallara	Chevrolet	14	6	Team Penske
2023	Dallara	Chevrolet	11	3	Team Penske
2024	Dallara	Chevrolet	2	22	Team Penske

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