Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato will return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing next year in an expanded two-car team, alongside Graham Rahal.
Sato, who competed in Formula 1 between 2002 and 2008, moved to IndyCar in 2010, and spent the 2012 campaign with RLLR, before moving across to AJ Foyt’s team.
Sato joined Andretti for 2017, and claimed a famous triumph at the Indy 500, en route to a career-best eighth in the standings, and will now return to the expanded RLLR team for 2018.
“I’m excited about having Taku back with us,” said team co-owner Bobby Rahal.
“I have such admiration for his spirit and how he approaches everything and was so happy for him when he won the Indy 500 this year.
“The chance to bring him back to the team was too good to pass up.
“He and Graham get along very well and we will have two strong cars that can win any race in 2018.
“I think that will give our team a great chance at being contenders in every race but it’s also going to give each of our drivers a chance to have their best years ever.
“I’m excited about it and even though the 2017 season just concluded, I can’t wait for the 2018 season to start.”
RLLR has not fielded two cars full-time since 2013.
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