He's managed to make a more ridiculous publicity photo than this one.

That's survivor io I was referring to.

+1

@todfod If you'd followed US motorsport you'd have known his results are excellent with regards to his machinery. He finished on the podium at the Indy 500 last year with a team that hasn't done so for 25 years. It's in the article but you obviously weren't paying attention, intentionally or unintentionally.

The guy has done a super stupid thing when he was a junior driver. He got 2nd chance and he took it, he's been squeaky clean since then. He'd also had earned respect in the Indy paddock by the quality of his performances. You may not like it but its time to get over it.

I never liked the guy, but have to admit his race craft has improved

While I most certainly don't condone racist behavior (which is inexcusable), and also disagree with his MAGA political views (to which he is entitled regardless of if I agree or not), his performances in IndyCar weren't that bad actually. He ran for bottom tier teams and often dragged them to much higher placings than their equipment would deserve. He's been especially good at the 500, which as we all know has a special status in IndyCar.
Not my favorite character by a long shot, but he's earned his slot on the grid.

I remember him intentionally crashing in to his teammate after a race, and trying to run him off the circuit once at the British GP. He was then caught making racist comments and bullying his teammate as well, and was eventually dropped by his F2 team.

I'm surprised that he's still around in motorsport as his performances have been poor both on and off the track,