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2013 IndyCar season
IZOD IndyCar Series
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Season
Races19
Start dateMarch 24
End dateOctober 19
Awards
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The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series[1] season will be the 18th season of the IndyCar Series. Its premier event will be the 97th Indianapolis 500. The 2013 season will feature the Dallara DW-12 chassis.

Ryan Hunter-Reay will be the defending drivers' champion. Chevrolet will be the defending Manufacturers' Cup winners.

Teams and drivers

  • All chassis are composed of a Dallara DW12 "IndyCar Safety Cell" base chassis, and Dallara aerokit. All teams run Firestone tires. On December 21, Firestone signed a five year contract extension with IndyCar. Firestone will be the official supplier for IndyCar through 2018.[2]
Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Notes
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 14 Japan Takuma Sato[3] All
41 United States Chase Austin (R)[4] 5 Indianapolis only.
Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 1 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[5] All
5 Venezuela E. J. Viso [6] All Car run in conjunction with HVM Racing as Team Venezuela.
25 United States Marco Andretti[7] All
27 Canada James Hinchcliffe[8] All
TBA Colombia Carlos Muñoz (R)[9] 5 Indianapolis only.
Barracuda Racing Honda 98 Canada Alex Tagliani[10] All
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[11] All
10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti[11] All
83 United States Charlie Kimball[12] All
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson[13] All
Dragon Racing Chevrolet 6 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[14] All
7 France Sébastien Bourdais[14] All
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Ed Carpenter[15] All
KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan All
78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro[16] All
Panther Racing Chevrolet 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand[11] All
Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 22 Spain Oriol Servià[17] All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[18] All
16 United Kingdom James Jakes[19] All
17 United Kingdom Mike Conway[20] 3 Long Beach only.
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 67 United States Josef Newgarden[11] All
Schmidt Peterson Hamilton HP Motorsports Honda 55 France Tristan Vautier (R) [21] All
77 France Simon Pagenaud[11] All
Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves All
12 Australia Will Power[11] All


Driver changes

Team changes

Schedule

The 2013 IndyCar Series schedule was formally announced on Speed's WindTunnel with Dave Despain, on the evening of September 30, 2012.[27] The schedule consists of nineteen races, hosted across sixteen venues. Included are three doubleheader events – with one race of each doubleheader featuring a standing start.[28] The IndyCar Triple Crown will return for the first time since 1989, featuring the races at Indianapolis, Pocono and Fontana. IndyCar is offering a $1,000,000 bonus to a driver who can win all three events, with a $250,000 consolation prize if a driver can win two of the three events.[29]

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Television
1 March 24 United States Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg[30] Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida NBC Sports Network
2 April 7 United States Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama[31] Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama NBC Sports Network
3 April 21 United States 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach[32] Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California NBC Sports Network
4 May 5 Brazil Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé[33] Streets of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil NBC Sports Network
5 May 26 United States 97th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana ESPN on ABC
6 June 1 United States Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans[34] Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan ESPN on ABC
7 June 2
8 June 8 United States Firestone 550[35] Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas ESPN on ABC
9 June 15 United States Milwaukee IndyFest[36] Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin NBC Sports Network
10 June 22 United States Iowa Corn Indy 250[37] Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa ESPN on ABC
11 July 7 United States Pocono IndyCar 400[38] Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania ESPN on ABC
12 July 13 Canada Honda Indy Toronto[39] Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario NBC Sports Network
13 July 14
14 August 4 United States Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio NBC Sports Network
15 August 25 United States GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California NBC Sports Network
16 September 1 United States Grand Prix of Baltimore Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland NBC Sports Network
17 October 5 United States Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Reliant Park Houston, Texas NBC Sports Network
18 October 6
19 October 19 United States American Real TV 500 IndyCar World Championships Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California NBC Sports Network
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

BOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka IndyCar Triple Crown event.

Schedule development

  • The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will return to the 2.346 miles (3.776 km) track layout used from 1998–2001.[34]
  • IndyCar will return to Pocono Raceway July 7, 2013 for a 400-mile race. It will be the first IndyCar race at Pocono since 1989.[40] A contract has been signed to continue the event through 2015.[41]
  • The Edmonton Indy will not return after the promoter Octane Motorsports made a business decision not to promote the race in 2013. The city will not seek another promoter.[42]
  • The Grand Prix of Houston at Reliant Park will return to American open-wheel racing as an IndyCar Series event on October 4–6. Mi-Jack Promotions, Reliant Park, and IndyCar have signed a contract for the event through 2017. Shell has signed a 4-year title sponsorship deal for the event with dual branding of their lubricants division. The event was last run as a Champ Car event in 2007.[43][44]
  • IndyCar is reportedly in discussions to add a twentieth round of the championship at a circuit in Europe. It was later confirmed that the series would hold a race in Italy in September 2013, though a venue had not been decided upon at the time of the announcement. Venues put forward as candidates for the event include Monza, Imola, and Mugello.[45]

Points

Points are awarded to drivers on the following basis:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Race Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Indy Qualifying Points 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Iowa Qualifying Points 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
  • One point is awarded to any driver who leads at least one lap during a race.
  • Extra points awarded for qualifying at Indianapolis and Iowa based on drivers performance.
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

References

  1. ^ IndyCar lands Title Sponsor, indystar.com, November 3, 2009, Retrieved March 12, 2012
  2. ^ "Firestone to remain tire supplier through 2018". IndyCar.com. December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
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  5. ^ Cavin, Curt (September 15, 2012). "Hunter-Reay signs two-year extension". Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (February 7, 2013). "E.J. Viso Completes Andretti Autosport Lineup". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Marco Andretti, the Twitterview". Pressdog. Pressdog. June 17, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  8. ^ Transcript – James Hinchcliffe And Michael Andretti Teleconference | rpm2night.com
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  13. ^ "INDYCAR: Pre-Season Testing Starts This Week". Speed TV. Speed TV. February 11, 2012.
  14. ^ a b c Pruett, Marshall (February 12, 2013). "Saavedra Joins Bourdais to complete Dragon's Two-car lineup". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Carpenter forms own team backed by Fuzzy's". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. November 2, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  16. ^ a b Glendenning, Mark (October 27, 2012). "Simona de Silvestro switches to KV for 2013 IndyCar programme". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  17. ^ "SERVIA, PANTHER DRR REJOIN FORCES FOR 2013". Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. December 4, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
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  19. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (February 5, 2013). "Rahal Signs James Jakes". speedtv.com. Speed. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
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  21. ^ Pruett, Marshall (January 28, 2013). "Vautier to complete Scmidt's two car lineup". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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  25. ^ INDYCAR: Coloni GP2 Team Evaluating IndyCar Options
  26. ^ INDYCAR: Newman/Haas Working On Two-Car Return In 2013
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  28. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (September 30, 2012). "Nineteen races, $1 million bonus highlight schedule". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  29. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (September 30, 2012). "$1 million bonus awaits new Triple Crown winner". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
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  31. ^ Successful Barber event is Birmingham's 'Derby'
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  34. ^ a b "No change in ticket prices for 2013 Belle Isle Grand Prix". June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
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  37. ^ "IOWA SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES 2013 EVENT SCHEDULE". Iowa Speedway. August 29, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
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  39. ^ Honda Indy Toronto extended through 2014
  40. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (September 30, 2012). "Return of Pocono links present with Indy car past". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  41. ^ "Q&A with Randy Bernard and Brandon Igdalsky". Racer. Haymarket Publications. October 1, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  42. ^ Klinkenberg, Marty; Klingbeil, Cailynn (September 21, 2012). "End of the line for Edmonton Indy". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  43. ^ IndyCar's coming to town: Houston race slated for 2013 – Houston Chronicle
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