INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mick Schumacher is coming to America to jump-start his racing career.

The son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will compete in the IndyCar Series next season for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, team officials announced Monday, less than two months after he drove for the team at an open test on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.

Mick Schumacher will drive the No. 47 car as a tribute to his father, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident in 2013, and will have Graham Rahal and 2025 Rookie of the Year Louis Foster as teammates.

The 26-year-old Schumacher wanted a fresh start after his once-promising Formula 1 career was derailed.

He won the Formula 2 championship in 2020, then jumped to F1 in 2021 and made 4

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