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2019 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 10
End dateSeptember 22
Awards
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Scott Dixon (left) is the reigning IndyCar Series Drivers' Champion. Josef Newgarden (right) is the current points leader.

The 2019 NTT IndyCar Series is the 24th season of the IndyCar Series and the 98th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event will be the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Will Power entering as the defending winner. Honda entered as the defending Manufacturers' Cup champion. Scott Dixon entered the season as the defending National Champion.

Series news

  • On March 21, 2018, NBC Sports announced that it would become the sole United States television rights holder under a new three-year contract, replacing the previous split between ABC and NBC Sports' cable network NBCSN (whose involvement in the series dated back to its tenure as Versus, prior to Comcast's acquisition of NBC). Eight races per-season will air on NBC, including the Indianapolis 500 (ending a run of 54 consecutive editions aired by ABC), and supplemental digital content is offered through NBC Sports' subscription product NBC Sports Gold. As with the previous contracts, the majority of races air on NBCSN.[1][2][3]
  • On November 5, 2018, IndyCar announced that it had formed a new division known as IndyCar Media to manage the series' international media rights (replacing ESPN International).[4]
  • On November 27, 2018, IndyCar announced that Speedway had signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement to be the official fuel provider of IndyCar beginning in 2019, replacing Sunoco.[5]
  • All entrants will use 2018-specification engines through the 2020 season as the series concentrates on developing the new 2021 engines.[6]
  • On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Jay Frye had been promoted to president of IndyCar.[7]
  • On January 15, 2019, IndyCar announced NTT as the new series title sponsor on a multi-year deal, along with becoming the official technology partner of the series and Indianapolis 500.[8][9] Verizon Communications had previously ended its title sponsorship of the series after the 2018 season.[10]
  • On February 6, 2019 it was announced that Firestone Tire and Rubber Company had signed an extension to remain as the series' sole tire supplier through the 2025 season.[11]

Entries

The following teams and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2019 IndyCar Series season.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 4 Brazil Matheus Leist[12] All
14 Brazil Tony Kanaan[12] All
Andretti Autosport Honda 25 United States Conor Daly[13] 6
26 United States Zach Veach[14] All
27 United States Alexander Rossi[15] All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[16] All
Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian[17] 98 United States Marco Andretti[18] All
Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports[19] Honda 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe[20] All
6 Canada Robert Wickens TBA1
7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[21]  R  All
Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson[N 1] 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey[22] 1–6, 10, 13, 16–17
MotoGator Team Stange Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson 77 Spain Oriol Servià[23] 6
Carlin Chevrolet 23 United States Charlie Kimball[24] 1, 6, 9, 14, 17
31 Mexico Patricio O'Ward[25]  R  2–8, 10–13, 15–16
59 United Kingdom Max Chilton[24] All
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[26][27] All
10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[28]  R  All
Clauson-Marshall Racing[29] Chevrolet 39 United Kingdom Pippa Mann[30] 6
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 United States Santino Ferrucci[31][32]  R  All
Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi 33 Australia James Davison[33] 6
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 18 France Sébastien Bourdais[34] All
DragonSpeed[35] Chevrolet 81 United Kingdom Ben Hanley[36]  R  1, 3, 6, 10, 13
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 24 United States Sage Karam[37] 6
48 United States J. R. Hildebrand[38] 6
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 United States Spencer Pigot[39] All
20 United States Ed Carpenter[40] 6, 9, 12, 14–15
Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa[41][42] United Arab Emirates Ed Jones 1–5, 7–8, 10–11, 13, 16–17
63 6[43]
Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda[44] 88 United States Colton Herta  R  All
Juncos Racing[45] Chevrolet 32 United States Kyle Kaiser[46][47]  R  2, 6
McLaren Racing Chevrolet[48] 66 Spain Fernando Alonso[49]  R [N 2] 6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[50] All
30 Japan Takuma Sato[51] All
42 United Kingdom Jordan King[52] 6
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden[53] All
3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[54] 5–6
12 Australia Will Power All
22 France Simon Pagenaud[55] All
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year
  1. ^ Robert Wickens is signed under a multi-year deal to drive the #6 car full-time for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports but has no set return date after sustaining severe injuries at the 2018 ABC Supply 500.[56][57] An October 30, 2018 press release and a January 18, 2019 livery reveal both confirm that the No. 6 is open for Wickens "when he wants to and is able to return"[58]

Team changes

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that George Michael Steinbrenner IV's Steinbrenner Racing would join forces with Harding Racing to form a planned two-car operation under the name Harding Steinbrenner Racing.[59] On February 11th, it was revealed that the teams second engine lease was only for the Indianapolis 500.[60]

Meyer Shank Racing, after running a 6-race schedule in 2018, expanded their season to 10 races in the 2019 season with driver Jack Harvey. [22]

On October 17, 2018, it was announced that Ed Carpenter Racing and Scuderia Corsa would team up to field Ed Jones in all road and street course events and the Indianapolis 500. [61]

On November 10, 2018 it was announced that McLaren Racing would return to the IndyCar Series at the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Fernando Alonso behind the wheel. On November 26, 2018, it was revealed that McLaren's entry would be powered by Chevrolet.[48]

On December 6, 2018 it was also announced that Harding Steinbrenner Racing will switch to Honda engines from 2019 season beyond after spending two seasons with Chevrolet engines.[62]

On December 17, 2018, it was announced that DragonSpeed would make their IndyCar debut in 2019, in a 5-race program including the 2019 Indianapolis 500. The entry will be powered by Chevrolet and piloted by Ben Hanley, who will make his IndyCar debut along with the team.[63]

On February 28, 2019, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced that they would once again return to run the Indy 500, retaining driver Sage Karam for the fourth consecutive year.[37] On April 22, the team announced that J. R. Hildebrand would return to drive for the team at the Indy 500 for the second year in a row, this time driving with the No. 48 to honor Dan Gurney.

Driver changes

After both running the final race of the 2018 season at Sonoma with Harding Racing, 2018 Indy Lights champion Patricio O'Ward and runner-up Colton Herta were announced to run the full season with the new partnership of Harding Steinbrenner Racing. However, on February 11, O'Ward and HSR parted ways after the team was unable to support a full-season program for O'Ward. O'Ward later moved to Carlin where he will drive the No. 31 car in 13 races, including the Indianapolis 500 as the team's third entry as Charlie Kimball will race the No. 23 car at the event.[25]

On September 28, 2018, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that they had signed Felix Rosenqvist to drive for the team during the 2019 season. He will replace Ed Jones in the No. 10 car.[28]

On October 17, 2018, Ed Carpenter Racing announced Ed Jones would replace Jordan King driving the No. 20 car on road courses and street circuits. Jones will also drive the No. 63 car in the Indianapolis 500 as Ed Carpenter will continue driving the No. 20 car on ovals.[64]

On October 30, 2018, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced that Formula One driver Marcus Ericsson would join the team for the 2019 season to replace the disabled Robert Wickens, though Ericsson will be racing the No. 7 car instead of Wickens' No. 6, which remains open if or "when he wants and is able to return".[65]

On November 14, 2018, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Jordan King would join the team for the Indianapolis 500.

On January 30, 2019, Andretti Autosport announced that Conor Daly would join the team for the Indianapolis 500.[13]

Schedule

Rd. Date Race Name Track City Time (EDT) Network
1 March 10 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 1:30 p.m.  NBCSN
2 March 24 IndyCar Classic[66][67]  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas 1:30 p.m.  NBCSN
3 April 7 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by AmFirst  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 4:30 p.m.  NBCSN
4 April 14 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach[68]  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 4:30 p.m.  NBCSN
5 May 11 IndyCar Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 3:30 p.m.  NBC
6 May 26 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge[69]  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 12:00 p.m.  NBC
7 June 1 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation  R  The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan 3:30 p.m.  NBC
8 June 2 3:30 p.m.  NBC
9 June 8 DXC Technology 600  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas 8:30 p.m.  NBCSN
10 June 23 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America[70]  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 12:30 p.m.  NBC
11 July 14 Honda Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 3:30 p.m.  NBCSN
12 July 20 Iowa 300  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 7:30 p.m.  NBCSN
13 July 28 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 3:30 p.m.  NBC
14 August 18 ABC Supply 500  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 2:30 p.m.  NBCSN
15 August 24 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented by Axalta and Valvoline  O  World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, Illinois 8:30 p.m.  NBCSN
16 September 1 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 3:30 p.m.  NBC
17 September 22 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 3:00 p.m.  NBC
O Short Oval/Superspeedway
R Road Course/Street Circuit

Schedule changes and notes

  • On June 22, 2018, it was announced that the Phoenix race at ISM Raceway would not be on the 2019 schedule.[71]
  • On June 24, 2018, IndyCar and Road America announced a three-year contract extension, keeping the circuit under contract through the 2021 season.[72]
  • On July 17, 2018, it was announced that Laguna Seca will be added to the schedule on a three-year contract and will be the 2019 season finale.[73] The event will replace the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.[74] It will be the first event there since the 2004 Champ Car season.
  • On July 30, 2018, it was announced the Iowa Corn 300 will return to a Saturday night race.[75]
  • On August 10, 2018, it was announced that Pocono Raceway will return in 2019.[76]
  • On August 16, 2018, an interview with IndyCar's Stephen Starks revealed that Portland would return, while Barber's date could move to early April.[77]
  • On August 23, 2018, Texas Motor Speedway confirmed a multi-year agreement to host the IndyCar Series through 2022.
  • On September 4, 2018, a March 24, 2019 race was announced at Circuit of the Americas.[78] The Austin American-Statesman reported a 5-year contract for the venue.

Season summary

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner Report
Driver Team Manufacturer
1 St. Petersburg Australia Will Power United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
2 Austin Australia Will Power United States Colton Herta Australia Will Power United States Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda Report
3 Birmingham Japan Takuma Sato Australia Will Power Japan Takuma Sato Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Report
4 Long Beach United States Alexander Rossi United States Ryan Hunter-Reay United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda Report
5 Indianapolis GP Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Mexico Patricio O'Ward New Zealand Scott Dixon France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
6 Indianapolis 500 France Simon Pagenaud Report
7 Detroit 1 Report
8 Detroit 2 Report
9 Texas Report
10 Road America Report
11 Iowa Report
12 Toronto Report
13 Mid-Ohio Report
14 Pocono Report
15 Gateway Report
16 Portland Report
17 Laguna Seca Report

Points standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.[79]

Driver standings

  • At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earns one (1) point. At double header races, the fastest qualifier of each qualifying group earns one point.
  • One (1) point is awarded to each driver who leads at least one race lap. Two (2) additional points are awarded to the driver who leads most laps during a race.
  • Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run will result in the loss of ten (-10) points.
Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TMS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GMP POR LAG Pts
1 United States Josef Newgarden 1†* 2 4 2† 15† 2 184
2 New Zealand Scott Dixon 2 13 2† 3 2†* 176
3 United States Alexander Rossi 5† 9 5† 1†* 22 1 147
4 France Simon Pagenaud 7 19 9 6 1† P9 147
5 Japan Takuma Sato 19 7 1†* 8† 14 132
6 Australia Will Power 3† 24†* 11 7† 7 4 123
7 France Sébastien Bourdais 24 5 3† 11 11† 3 114
8 United States Graham Rahal 12 4 23† 4 9† 113
9 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 23 3 8 5 17 109
10 Canada James Hinchcliffe 6 16 6† 9 16 107
11 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  4† 23 10 10 8† 106
12 United States Colton Herta  R  8 1† 24 23 23 5 100
13 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 10 10 13 22 3 100
14 United States Spencer Pigot 11 11 17 18 5 7 100
15 United States Marco Andretti 13 6 14 13 13 95
16 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones 21 14 19 16 6 6 84
17 Brazil Matheus Leist 22 17 20 15 4 78
18 United States Santino Ferrucci  R  9 20 15 21 10 76
19 United States Zach Veach 14 22 12 17 12 73
20 Sweden Marcus Ericsson  R  20 15 7 20 24 67
21 Mexico Patricio O'Ward  R  8 16 12 19 DNQ 67
22 Brazil Tony Kanaan 15 12 18 19 20 66
23 United Kingdom Max Chilton 16 21 22 14 18 DNQ 59
24 United Kingdom Ben Hanley  R  18 21 21
25 United States Charlie Kimball 17 13
26 United States Kyle Kaiser  R  18 12
27 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 21 9
28 United States Ed Carpenter 8 8
29 United States J.R. Hildebrand -
30 United Kingdom Jordan King  R  -
31 Australia James Davison -
32 United States Conor Daly -
33 United States Sage Karam -
34 United Kingdom Pippa Mann -
35 Spain Oriol Servia -
- Spain Fernando Alonso DNQ -
Pos Driver STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TMS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GMP POR LAG Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place finish
Bronze 3rd place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point; except Indy)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
† Led race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(2 points)
1–9 Indy 500 "Fast Nine"
bonus points
c Qualifying canceled
(no bonus point)
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Manufacturer standings

  • All manufacturer points (including qualifying points, race finish points, and race win bonus points) can only be earned by full-season entrants[N 3]. Ineligible cars are removed from the finishing order used for race finish points[N 4].[79]
  • The top two finishing entrants from each manufacturer in each race score points for their respective manufacturer. The manufacturer that wins each race will be awarded five (5) additional points.
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one (1) point. At the Indy 500, the fastest Saturday qualifier earns one (1) point, while the pole position winner on Sunday earns two (2) points.
  • For every full-season engine used during the Indy 500 that reaches 2,000 total miles run, the manufacturer earns bonus points equal to that engine's finishing position in the race.
Pos Manufacturer STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TMS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GMP POR LAG Pts
1 Honda 2 1 1 1 2 416
4 3 2 3 7
72 90 96P 91P 67P
2 Chevrolet 1 2 4 2 1 371
3 8 9 6 3
91P 65P 54 68 90 3

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ In order to promote Honda's Acura marque as the new title sponsor of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Jack Harvey's Meyer Shank Racing entry ran a Honda engine with Acura badging for the Long Beach round.
  2. ^ Fernando Alonso is considered a rookie in the IndyCar Series; however, he was not a rookie in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 as he participated in the 2017 Indianapolis 500.
  3. ^ Rule 12.6.5.
  4. ^ Rule 16.2.3.3.

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