Sebastian Saavedra, AFS Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

The cast: Race engineer – Eric Cowdin. Race strategist – Scott Harner. Chief mechanic – Ricky Davis.

Twitter: @sebsaavedra, @CGRindycar

The car: No. 8 AFS Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet

The driver: Turned 25 on June 2. … From Bogota, Colombia, and resides in Indianapolis. … Made Indy car debut in 2010 Indianapolis 500 with Bryan Herta Autosport when he was 19 years old.

Video: Sebastian Saavedra reviews his season

Season stats: Saavedra competed in five races with AFS Chip Ganassi Racing, with best finish of 10th at Long Beach. The street circuit also was his season-high finish in 2014 (ninth). … Shared the No. 8 Chevrolet with rookie Sage Karam. … Led one race for total of 12 laps. … Was running at the finish in four races (contact late in Indianapolis 500, placed 23rd).

Year over year: 2015 best qualifying of eighth at Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (14.6 average), best finish of 10th at Long Beach (15.8 average) in the five races. 2014 best qualifying of first at Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (17.2 average), best finish of ninth at Long Beach (16.9 average) in full 18-race season with KV AFS Racing.

The gist: Saavedra, a former Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires competitor, has driven in 61 Indy car races since 2010. … Pole position in 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis was his first. … Has career-best finish of eighth at Baltimore in 2013.

The chart (below): Looking at how Saavedra finished relative to his qualifying position: