Haas For🌃mula 1 protege Santino Ferrucci will make his Verizon IndyCar Series deb♈ut next month in the double-header race weekend in Detroit, deputising for the injured Pietro Fittipaldi at Dale Coyne Racing.

Fittipaldi had been due to share the #19 Honda seat at Dale Coyne🥃 Racing with Zachary Claman De Melo through ༒2018, only to be sidelined after breaking both his legs in a crash during qualifying for the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps earlier this month.

Fittipaldi's injury prompted team owner Dale Coyne to re-jig plans for 2018, drafting Claman De Melo in for 🌱the Indianapolis 500 at the end of May in exchange for freeing up the seat for the De♍troit race weekend on June 2-3.

Dale Coyne Racing confirmed on Friday that 🅠;Ferrucci would stand in for the race weekend at 🌊Belle Isle Park, marking the American's IndyCar debut.

"It’s a fantastic opportunity to be able to race the #19 Paysafe car with Dale Coyne Racing at Detr🌞oit, especially that I’ll be coming off a F2 race in Monaco,” said Ferrucci.

“The goal is still to be a Formula 1 driver, but to be racing in IndyCar is going to be something special. I’m really looking forward to it༒. It’s j🌞ust unfortunate that it’s under the circumstances of Pietro’s injuries, I hope he has a speedy recovery and can come back very soon.”

Ferrucci has been racing full-time in F2 this season with🌜 Trident, recording his best finish in the series of P6 in Baku last month, and is also likely to enjoy an F1 test with Haas later this year.