Lundqvist heads into this weekend’s round on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course eighth in the standings, which was aided by a recent strategic masterpiece to go from 19th to third at Barber.
Although the outing came in only the 25-year-old Swede’s third points-paying race behind the wheel of CGR’s No. 8 Honda, he is resetting any expectations.
“I wouldn’t say that my expectations have been reversed in any way, shape or form because I still realize that I have so much to learn,” said Lundqvist, the 2022 Indy NXT champion.
“I have a long way to go before I’m going to be consistently, I think fighting for podiums week out, week in.
“But I think we definitely took a step. … It was kind of a receipt that once everything does click, we’ll be able to fight for these wins and podiums, which at the end of the day this is what we’re here to do.”
Lundqvist went on to add “the step” he and the team have taken.
“I’m still working through different setups for me to be 100% comfortable in,” he said.
“Right now, even if the car theoretically should be the fastest, I’m not really yet at the comfort level to drive it that way. You lose more out of the driver that you would potentially gain from the car, if you know what I mean. It’s about