Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced on Monday that Devlin DeFrancesco will drive the team’s #30 entry for the 2025 NTT IndyCar season.
DeFrancesco has made 34 IndyCar starts in his career, completing two seasons with Andretti Autosport in 2022 and 2023.
During that time, he failed to break into the top 10 of the results tables and logged a best finish of 12th at World Wide Technology Raceway.
DeFrancesco spent the past year running select IMSA races with Forte Racing’s GTD effort, but now makes his return to IndyCar with the new RLL deal.
“I’m very excited to be back in the IndyCar Series,” said DeFrancesco. “Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has an amazing history and is also on an impressive trajectory.
“Seeing all the work that is going on from the men and women behind the scenes, it is easy to see that this team and myself are very hungry for results. I look forward to getting started with all the great people here.”
DeFrancesco, a Canadian driver born just after the turn of the century, has an extensive driving history and has competed in many different series.
His biggest accomplishment to date is arguably an LMP2 class victory at the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona, which he won while sharing a car with Eric Lux, Pato O’Ward and Colton Herta.
The 24-year-old’s new agreement sees him back in IndyCar with a multi-year contract, starting with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 2, 2025.
“I’m very pleased that we are able to welcome Devlin to the team,” said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
“We had the chance to witness his ability while he was at Andretti and there were clearly times when he was quite competitive so I’m confident that we can have a lot of good races together. We’re looking forward to his contribution to the team.”
