Mikhail Aleshin says he won’t rule out racing for Carlin in the future, but says Schmidt Peterson Motorsport demonstrating its desire to re-sign him was a major factor in his and SMP Racing’s decision to remain at SPM. Trevor Carlin last month informed Motorsport.com that his team was unlikely to expand upward to IndyCar in 2017, having failed to land Aleshin, while the Russian himself says he and SMP faced a hard decision over which IndyCar team to race for this year. “The negotiations were very tough and it was very difficult to choose,” he told Motorsport.com. “But finally we signed a very good contract. “There were so many factors, difficult to name them all. The financial...
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