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2018 IndyCar season
Verizon IndyCar Series
File:2015 Verizon IndyCar Series logo.png
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 11
End dateSeptember 16
Awards
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The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series is the 23rd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 97th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event will be the 102nd Indianapolis 500, with Takuma Sato entering as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner. Josef Newgarden will enter the season as the defending drivers' champion.

Series news

  • On October 20, 2017 it was announced that American cellular network giants Verizon will discontinue the IndyCar Series title sponsor after the 2018 season. The Verizon-Team Penske partnership will however continue beyond 2018.[1]
  • American braking company PFC will increase their IndyCar Series involvement by supplying the brake calipers form 2018 season onwards.

Technical changes

  • For the first time since the 1996 IRL and 2007 Champ Car seasons respectively, all IndyCar Series machines will feature the all-new universal bodywork inspired by CART's 1990s and 2000s bodywork (roll hoop without airbox), but still keep the Dallara DW12 chassis base.[2][3]
  • All IndyCar Series entrants will begin utilizing F1-style LCD steering wheel display dashes, new universal Cosworth CCW Mk2 steering wheel and new electronic components.[4] The current Cosworth-Pi Research Sigma Wheel Display dash used since the 2000 season will be retired permanently, but several teams will opt to keep the old Cosworth Sigma Wheel Display dash for one more season due to cost reasons.

Teams and drivers

This chart reflects confirmed and cited driver-engine-team combinations only.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 4 Brazil Matheus Leist (R)[5] All
14 Brazil Tony Kanaan[6] All
Andretti Autosport with Indiana Donor Network Honda[7] 25 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson[8] 6
Andretti Autosport TBA United States Marco Andretti[9] All
26 United States Zach Veach (R)[10] All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[11] All
98 United States Alexander Rossi[12] All
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[13] All
10 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones[14] All
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 France Sébastien Bourdais[15] All
19 TBA All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing TBA TBA TBA[16] 6
TBA TBA[17] 6
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 TBA 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 16-17
United States Ed Carpenter 2, 6, 9, 11, 14-15
21 United States Spencer Pigot[18] All
Harding Racing Chevrolet[9] 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves[19] All
Juncos Racing TBA TBA United States Kyle Kaiser (R)[20] 5-6, TBA
Lazier Partners Racing TBA TBA United States Buddy Lazier[21] 6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[22] All
16 Japan Takuma Sato[23] All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda[24] 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe[25] All
7 Canada Robert Wickens (R)[25] All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Calmels Sport 77 France Tristan Gommendy (R)[26] 6
Team Penske Chevrolet[24] 1 United States Josef Newgarden[27][28] All
3 Brazil Helio Castroneves[29] 6
12 Australia Will Power[27] All
22 France Simon Pagenaud[27] All
TBA TBA TBA United States Danica Patrick[30] 6

Schedule

Rd. Date Race Name Track City
1 March 11 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (S) Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 April 7 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix (O) ISM Raceway Avondale, Arizona
3 April 15 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (S) Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4 April 22 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama (R) Barber Motorsports Park Leeds, Alabama
5 May 12 IndyCar Grand Prix (R) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 27 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil (O) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
7 June 2 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation (S) Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
8 June 3
9 June 9 Texas Indy 600 (O) Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
10 June 24 Kohler Grand Prix (R) Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11 July 8 Iowa Corn 300 (O) Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
12 July 15 Honda Indy Toronto (S) Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
13 July 29 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (R) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14 August 19 ABC Supply 500 (O) Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
15 August 25 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented by Valvoline (O) Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
16 September 2 Grand Prix of Portland (R) Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
17 September 16 GoPro Be a Hero Grand Prix of Sonoma (R) Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California

(O) Oval/Speedway
(R) Road Course
(S) Street Circuit

Schedule changes and notes

  • On September 26, 2017, Phoenix International Raceway's name was changed to ISM Raceway after a $100 million sponsorship deal with Ingenuity Sun Media, or ISM.
  • Watkins Glen was dropped from the calendar, after only two races since its return in 2016. The round was replaced with a race at Portland International Raceway, after an 11-year absence since Portland's last Champ Car event.
  • The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City was explored as a possible host of a race in August, but the deal was not put together and the race was not put on the calendar.[38]

References

  1. ^ Malsher, David (October 20, 2017). "Verizon to quit as IndyCar title sponsor, remain with Penske". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Malsher, David (January 12, 2017). "2018 IndyCar aerokit concepts unveiled". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 IndyCar aerokit concepts unveiled". IndyCar.com. IndyCar.com. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Pruett, Marshall (June 22, 2017). "New electronics coming with 2018 bodywork". Racer.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  5. ^ http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2017/11/16/matheus-leist-confirmed-for-indycar-graduation-with-foyt/
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  7. ^ Miller, Robin; Pruett, Marshall (August 28, 2017). "Andretti, Rossi staying with Honda". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Ayello, Jim (October 4, 2017). "Stefan Wilson officially joins Andretti Autosport for 2018 Indy 500". indystar.com. The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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  10. ^ a b Malsher, David (September 11, 2017). "Zach Veach signs with Andretti Autosport through 2020". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
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  12. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (September 1, 2017). "Alexander Rossi extends Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series deal". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  13. ^ Miller, Robin (July 18, 2017). "MILLER: 2018's most wanted". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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  15. ^ Weaver, Matt (June 28, 2017). "Dale Coyne, Sébastien Bourdais already planning 2018 championship run". Autoweek. Crain Communications. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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  18. ^ a b Rentz, Brie (September 13, 2017). "Ed Carpenter Racing elevates Spencer Pigot to full-time for 2018 IndyCar season". edcarpenterracing.com. Ed Carpenter Racing. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  19. ^ Miller, Robin (August 19, 2017). "Harding moves full-speed ahead with IndyCar plans". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  20. ^ "KAISER, JUNCOS RACING REVEAL FOUR-RACE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES PLAN FOR 2018". IndyCar.com. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  21. ^ Lazier, Flinn (June 12, 2017). "Lazier Racing – Across the Bricks, One More Time [Racing Journal]". AutoWerkzTVblog.com. Lazier Partners Racing. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  22. ^ Malsher, David (June 29, 2017). "Graham Rahal on why his season has been both brilliant and brutal". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  23. ^ a b Mihai, Marian (September 20, 2017). "2017 Indy 500 Champion Takuma Sato Returns to RLL". rahal.com. Rahal. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  24. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (July 13, 2017). "Penske, SPM to lead 2018 bodykit development". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
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  28. ^ http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2017/11/01/josef-newgarden-to-run-champions-no-1-in-2018/
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  30. ^ a b Long, Dustin (November 17, 2017). "Danica Patrick says this will be last full-time season as a driver". NBC Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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  32. ^ http://www.juncosracing.com/kyle-kaiser-advances-to-the-2018-verizon-indycar-series-with-juncos-racing/
  33. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 20, 2017). "Ganassi confirms IndyCar reduction to two cars". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  34. ^ Pryson, Mike. "Chip Ganassi Racing signs IndyCar Rookie of the Year Ed Jones". Autoweek.com. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  35. ^ "Hélio Castroneves Joins Team Penske's IMSA Lineup". teampenske.com. Team Penske. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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  37. ^ Pockrass, Bob (November 17, 2017). "Danica Patrick to end racing career at next year's Indy 500". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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