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Michael Andretti, meanwhile, partnered with Wayne Taylor Racing to join the grid and a Saturday morning news conference of the seven GTP team owners was comprised of five owners of IndyCar teams.

The entry is in the second-level LMP2 class, but there’s been speculation that the overall race winner could come from that class if the new hybrid GTP top class suffers reliability problems.

Fellow IndyCar driver Colton Herta also suffered a setback in his bid to finish first and second in the top GTP class.

The GTP class has four different manufacturers — double the number in last year’s race — with BMW and Porsche new to the class alongside stalwarts Acura and Cadillac.

“History is being written starting today,” said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of the two BMW GTP entries.