Will Power's Indy road course dominance starts with this relationship

Will Power enters Saturday's Indianapolis Grand Prix (4:30 p.m. ET on FOX) with more wins in that race than any other driver as he has won five of the 16 events on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. 

His engineer, David Faustino, was with him for all of them. Just as he has been for 36 of Power’s 42 victories in INDYCAR, including the 2018 Indianapolis 500.

The Power-Faustino pairing, at 16 years, is the longest of any driver-engineer in the garage by far. Granted, the only other full-time drivers in the series that were around for their first full season together in 2011 were Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal.

While something could be said about moving engineers around and pairing them with different drivers, it’s hard to argue with the overall success of the Power-Faustino relationship. They have two titles and three dozen victories together. 

"It’s been a good partnership," Power said. "It's got very streamlined. There's no BS-ing. It's very business-like. There's no sort of small talk. It's just straight to business, no time wasted. Pretty efficient."

Power currently sits ninth in the INDYCAR standings heading into the race Saturday at the Indianapolis road course, primarily thanks to a first-lap accident in the season opener at St. Petersburg.

Through the ups and the downs, the two-time series champion has felt comfortable having Faustino determine the car setups. How have they worked together so long?

"I like to keep things the same," Power said. "We've worked well together. And I don't know [why it’s better]. I haven't worked with anyone else, I couldn't tell you.

"Obviously, I see other drivers and sort of have a little bit of insight into how they work. ... Dave's very business-like, and that's how we