User:Migiditch

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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
NationalityUnited States United States
Nigeria Nigeria
(via dual-nationality)
Born (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)
Allen, Texas
IndyCar Series career
84 races run over 5 years
Team(s)No. 22 Team Penske
2023 position3rd
Best finish1st (2015, 2016)
First race2011 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2023 Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
First win2011 São Paulo Indy 300 (São Paulo Street Circuit)
Last win2023 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland International Raceway)
Wins Podiums Poles
15 26 8
Formula One World Championship career
Active years20102014, 20172021
TeamsSauber, Force India, McLaren, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo
Car number22
Entries180 (180 starts)
Championships1
Wins15
Podiums0
Career points18
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
First win2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win2021 Russian Grand Prix
Last entry2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2021 position17th (9 pts)
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Car no., teamNo. 33 (Team Penske)
First race2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Indianapolis)
First win2023 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 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.

Sauber (2009-2011)

Force India (2012)

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, parterning up with Jenson Button. The 2013 season started in great fashion, with a second place on his debut in the Australian Grand Prix, finishing 1.239 seconds behind Kimi Räikkönen. In the end of the 2013 season, Olu 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. Olu would call his defeat a "failure" and "another missing one [championship]."

Olu during the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix

Mercedes (2017-2018)

After Nico Rosberg's shock retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2016 championship, Mercedes sought after a high caliber driver. Olu's name was thrown around alongside Pascal Wehrlein and Valtteri Bottas. At the time Olu was in the process of finalizing a deal in IndyCar for 2017 to remain at Team Penske, but on January 8th it was confirmed that Olu would join the German giant 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.

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

Return to IndyCar and Team Penske (2022-present)

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.

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, and Amazon developed The Boys.

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 partakes in commentary from time-to-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

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
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
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
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
6
GTW
7
POR
6
LAG
4
1st 560
2023 STP
3
TXS
3
LBH
6
ALA
3
IMS
1
INDY
3
DET
2
ROA
13
MDO
3
TOR
14
IOW
5
IOW
2
NSH
1
IMS
1
GTW
2
POR
1
LAG
28
7th 425
2024 STP
1
THE
DNQ
LBH
1
ALA
7
IMS
1
INDY
22
DET
1
ROA
4
LAG
21
MDO
2
IOW
1
IOW
2
TOR
GTW
POR
MIL
MIL
NSH
2nd* 281*
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