IndyCar team looking for ride-buyer with big check

Mikhail Aleshin's absence in 2015 because his check won't clear will create a new two-driver lineup for the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team. They will test 2012 GP2 Series champion Davide Valsecchi, an Italian, at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway on Dec. 16. He will test alongside recent signee James Hinchcliffe.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports previously tested Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves, Rodolfo Gonzalez and Rocky Moran Jr. on the road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Schmidt said the team's second driver must have ties to funding i.e. he must buy his ride.

"We're not going to be able to fund it internally," he said. "The driver must have full or at least partial (funding)."