SPEEDWAY, Ind — Will Power will be 44 by the time the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season rolls off the starting grid at St. Petersburg on March 2nd.
Talk has been circulating throughout the paddock about just how much longer the veteran championship driver plans to stick around. Many times last season he indicated he plans to be around for the next four or five seasons.
It’s a plan he seems to be sticking to as he enters his 20th season, and he’d ideally like those next four or five years to be with Team Penske.
“I’ve been very lucky to drive for a team like Penske. There isn’t a better team in the series right now,” Power said. “The performance and the crews you’re given, everything. That’s ultimately the goal. I think I could be absolutely competitive for another five years if I wanted.”
Power has won 44 races in his career which started full-time in 2006 in the Champ Car World Series. He’s won two championships in 2014 and in 2022. He’s also won an Indianapolis 500 back in 2018.
Though IndyCar is the main focus, Power is also keeping his options open. That’s been made clear by his hiring of an agent for the first time ever in his career.
For the longest time, Power handled his own affairs when it came to the business side of his career. During this off-season, Power has signed with A14 Management, which is a driver talent agency owned by F1 driver Fernando Alonso. Former IndyCar driver Oriol Servia works as a representative with the agency as well.
“I was teammates with Oriol in 2008 and he’s been a very good friend of mine for years,” Power said.” I have a lot of respect for Fernando. He has a lot of contacts in Europe, which if you want to get in a team that can win Le Mans or something like that, that’s very handy for me.”
For Power, the move to sign with A14 was a matter of delegation.
“I don’t want to think about anything but driving,” said Power. “At the end of the day, it’s all about performance and enjoying driving and not thinking about the other stuff. That’s kind of why I did that.”
Power is once again flanked by his teammates Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden in the Penske garage. They and Andretti Global are the only teams in the paddock to not make any changes to their driver line-up since the end of the 2024 season.
Penske is technically partnered again this year with AJ Foyt Racing with Santino Ferrucci and David Malukas. New rumors have popped up that Malukas, a still budding young talent within the paddock, maybe the heir-apparent to Power’s seat with Team Penske when and if he decides to step aside.
“I keep getting told that by various people,” said Power. “I haven’t been told anything by the team from that side of things. Yeah, I’m sure there might be some truth to that, I suppose, if it’s out there. But yeah, I do hear that. Yeah, we’ll see what happens.”
Rest assured, if he remains competitive, the five-year proverbial window that Power has given us is plenty of time for him to win at least nine more races. This would put him ahead of Mario Andretti for third all-time among race winners in North American open-wheel racing.