Alex Tagliani Lotus IndyCar driver ...

Joined at the 2011 IndyCar championship with Sam Schmidt Motorsports stables, the driver quebecois Alex Tagliani has lived for one year less frustrating. After a great debut season, which saw him occupy the sixth place in the championship and realize two pole positions historical (the hundredth Indy 500 history in late May and June at Texas Motor Speedway debut), "Tag" had to face the attitude of the owner of the team (Sam Schmidt) who preferred a return to the maximum end of the season by engaging different drivers race after race.

In the process of formalizing a contract with Bryan Herta small stables, Tagliani will have a Lotus engine, which makes its debut in the series in 2012. Indeed, Bryan Herta Autosport is with HVM Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold, the third team to have signed with Lotus IndyCar other teams being partners Honda or Chevrolet.

However, it is HVM Racing and Swiss driver Simona De Silvestro which will perform the first test of the new Dallara-Lotus car. Tagliani and other drivers HOPE for their part to take the track in February.