 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira 2011, chibvumirano chaPatrick chakamumanikidza kuti azivise muridzi wechikwata cheAndretti Michael Andretti nezvezvirongwa zvake zva2012 uye akamuudza nezvechinangwa chake chekusiya. Kutanga kwemwaka wa2011 akaona kurwira kwake achienzaniswa nemakore ake maviri apfuura kuAndretti. Patrick akakuvadzwa kaviri nemotokari paGrand Prix yekuvhura mwaka weSt. Petersburg, mushure mekurovera naJustin Wilson naJ. R. Hildebrand vakamudzosera kunzvimbo yegumi nembiri. Akatambura mukukwikwidza kumakwikwi eIndianapolis 500. Nemhaka yokuti motokari yake haina kubudirira pakuongororwa, akaiswa kumashure kwemutsara wokukwanisa, uye akatora 26th pasinei nokuti mvura yakatyisidzira kumudzivisa kuisa nguva. Patrick akatungamirira munhangemutange yacho kwedenderedzwa gumi uye akanga ari wechigumi pashure pokuchengetedza mafuta. Akabva atora mamwe matanhatu gumi ekutanga achipinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emwaka uyu aine mugumo wake wakanaka wechishanu achiuya kuMilwaukee 225. Pakupera kwemwaka weIndyCar World ChampionshipKuLas Vegas Motor Speedway, Patrick aive mumwe wevatyairi gumi nevapfumbamwe avo vakadzivisa mota gumi neshanu dzakaponda Dan Wheldon; mujaho wakasiiwa uye iye nevamwe vese mumunda havana kunyorwa. Uyu waiva wokupedzisira nguva dzose IndyCar nhangemutange sezvo iye akazivisa muna August 2011 zvirongwa zvake kuti pfungwa NASCAR Sprint Cup Series uye Nationwide Series yakazara nguva kubva 2012. Patrick akaiswa pachinzvimbo chegumi mumakwikwi evatyairi aine 314 mapoinzi. 