Meet IndyCar’s Rookie Class For 2022

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• No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports
• United States, Lithuania
• Past Highlights: Runner-up in Indy Lights (2021) and Formula Regional Americas (2020)

David Malukas has played his cards close to his chest, but the 20-year-old driver has consistently proved his skill in every lower-division open-wheel series he’s entered. His experience racing on some of America’s finest circuits will no doubt help him in his pursuit of ROTY title.

“If you look even further back from Grosjean they’ve had so many good drivers there, that are now in bigger teams, and they started at Dale Coyne,” Malukas said in an interview with The Race. “We just thought as a new and upcoming driver I think Dale Coyne is almost the best option out of everybody.

“They’re just so friendly to me. As soon as I went in there, I felt like I was at home, they made everything easy and if I was overthinking or a little bit nervous about something they really kind of just put me at ease and just said like, ‘it’s just a bigger car, that’s it’. I did a test, everything went smoothly. I fell in love with the car, fell in love with the team right away. It was an incredible experience.”