The 20-year-old will seem in a 3rd Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry on the Indianapolis highway course, having impressed workforce co-owner Bobby Rahal in a take a look at at Barber Motorsports Park.
He turns into the second Danish driver to look within the collection this yr, after ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen made his debut instead of Felix Rosenqvist at Road America.
Lundgaard is ready to compete this weekend as there is no such thing as a conflict with F2, the place he presently sits twelfth within the standings with ART Grand Prix throughout his sophomore season within the championship.
Fellow Alpine academy members Oscar Piastri and Guanyu Zhou presently head the F2 standings.
Speaking to pick out media together with Autosport, Lundgaard mentioned: “What I like about IndyAutomobile itself is that it’s pretty just like F2 however on the identical time it’s a little bit of mixture of F2 and F1.
“It’s the massive league however it’s the identical vehicles. It’s a really aggressive collection, there is no such thing as a energy steering, the vehicles are bodily to drive and it’s correct racing, the place F1 I believe we’ve seen over the previous a few years that it’s been primarily the identical.
“I just like the unpredictability. You’ve seen the race at Nashville with [Marcus] Ericsson going airborne originally of the race and he finally ends up profitable. Yes, you want some luck however it’s attainable.
“I just like the form of racing that’s right here. It’s completely different and you actually must struggle for it and also you push each lap, the place in Europe it will probably probably be quite a lot of tyre administration and technique that should work out. Here it’s extra as much as the driving force to make a distinction and everybody races arduous.
“I don’t want to say too much before I’ve actually done a race so I have my own experience but it’s a very competitive series, there are a lot of cars too, and it’s exciting to watch, so I’m super excited to give it a try.”
However Lundgaard admitted that he has not given up hope of racing in F1. Alpine presently has Hungarian GP winner Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso underneath contract.
“At the second, it’s nonetheless too early to resolve – undoubtedly earlier than the race!” Lundgaard mentioned of his future.
“But I believe having expertise of the race and seeing the way it panned out [will help].
“Obviously I’ve the F2 season we have to end, and it’s about exploring choices.
“I’m nonetheless with Alpine in the meanwhile, however on the identical time we have to work out what to do. When it is going to be determined, I actually can’t let you know as a result of I don’t know.”
Rahal is anticipating the Dane to indicate effectively this weekend, regardless of there being just one hour of follow time earlier than qualifying, and is already making an attempt to gauge his potential because the workforce’s third full-time entry subsequent yr.
“After Christian was introduced to us, we agreed to do that test and he did a very good job,” Rahal advised Autosport.
“I believe everybody on the workforce was fairly impressed with him, out and in of the cockpit.”
But the 1986 Indy 500 winner admitted that any potential full-time driver can be required to run on each highway programs and ovals, with the likes of ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean and NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson initially committing to the collection on highway course-only programmes.
“Any driver who races for us has to be ready to run the ovals as well as the road and street courses,” he added.
“I understand why some owners do that and split duties between two drivers in the one entry, but no, we have to have drivers who are strong in all types of races.”
