🇺🇸 Oliver Askew

Oliver Askew is an established professional driver rated 5,168 on the Elo scale, graded FIA Silver in endurance racing. He races primarily in American single-seater championships and endurance competition. His main career platform was Andretti Autosport, where he contested Indy NXT, IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech and Formula E over an eight-year span from 2013 to 2022.[1]

Askew's most significant achievement came in 2019 when he won the Indy NXT championship with 7 wins and 15 podiums across 18 starts, establishing himself as a lead driver in that field. His record in IndyCar proper proved more modest; across 17 starts from 2020 to 2021, he finished on the podium once, splitting his time between road courses and ovals. He also contested IMSA WeatherTech endurance racing in 2021, taking a win and a podium in seven starts in the LMP3 class. Formula E, his most recent indexed series in 2022, saw him in a 13-start campaign with Avalanche Andretti.[2]

The drivers Askew raced most regularly against were Rinus VeeKay, a fellow established professional and 2018 Pro Mazda champion with whom he was closely matched, and David Malukas, an elite professional whom Askew typically finished ahead of in their meetings. Against stronger opposition from the elite tier, Askew finished ahead of Alex Palou, a five-time IndyCar champion graded Platinum, on five occasions, and ahead of Pato O'Ward, an elite professional and 2018 Indy NXT champion, four times, though these were scattered results rather than a pattern of consistent outperformance.