Big changes at Andretti-Green's ALMS team

Andretti-Green Racing on Friday announced that both their American Le Mans Series drivers Bryan Herta and Christian Fittipaldi have been let go and will be replaced by former F1 driver Franck Montagny. Montagny will be partnered with Marco Andretti at the next round of the ALMS championship at Lime Rock in a few weeks, who Montagny will be partnered with after that is unknown. It is also unknown why Herta and Fittipaldi was let go by the team. One may suspect that the duo was let go because they couldn't put together a win something the team hasn't seen since the 2007 12 hours of Sebring.

But owner Michael Andretti wants to show there is no hard feelings towards his former drivers: "Making a change in the middle of the season isn't something you enjoy, and I think it's even tougher in this case because we're talking about Bryan and Christian," said Andretti. "Bryan has done everything we've ever asked him to do since he joined Andretti Green in 2003, including helping us win the 12 Hours of Sebring in our first American Le Mans Series start last year. Christian joined us this year and wanted to win as badly as we did. We will always appreciate the effort that both Bryan and Christian gave to the team." Yeah, okay Michael.

"We're looking forward to seeing what Franck can do in the XM Acura," Andretti continued. "He's got a lot of experience in different types of cars, including prototypes, and that should help him adjust pretty quickly to what we're doing here."

Montagny joins Andretti Green [Autosport.com]