2016 IndyCar Series

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2016 IndyCar season
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Season
Races16
Start dateMarch 13
End dateSeptember 18
Awards
Drivers' championFrance Simon Pagenaud
Manufacturers' CupUnited States Chevrolet
Rookie of the YearUnited States Alexander Rossi
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Alexander Rossi
Discipline champions
Oval championUnited States Josef Newgarden
Road course championFrance Simon Pagenaud
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Simon Pagenaud (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Will Power (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 21st season of the IndyCar Series and the 105th season of American open wheel racing. It included the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon entered as the reigning Drivers' Champion, while Chevrolet entered the season as the reigning Manufacturer's Champion. Upon season's end, Simon Pagenaud was crowned Drivers' Champion, while Chevrolet retained the Manufacturer's Championship. Simon Pagenaud was the first European driver to win IndyCar Series driver's title since British driver Dario Franchitti in 2011 season.

Teams and drivers[]

Team Engine No. Drivers Rounds
United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 14 Japan Takuma Sato[1] All
35 Canada Alex Tagliani[2] 5–6
41 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[1] All
United States Andretti Autosport Honda 26 Colombia Carlos Muñoz[3] All
27 United States Marco Andretti All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay All
29 United States Townsend Bell 6
United States Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 98 United States Alexander Rossi  R  [4] All
United States Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8 United Kingdom Max Chilton  R  [5] All
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon All
10 Brazil Tony Kanaan All
42[6] United States Charlie Kimball 6
83 1–5, 7–16
United States Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 United States Conor Daly  R [7] 1-12, 14-16
88[N 1] 13
19 Italy Luca Filippi[8] 1–4, 11
Colombia Gabby Chaves 5–10, 14
United States R. C. Enerson  R  12, 15-16
United Kingdom Pippa Mann 13
63 6
United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 24 United States Sage Karam[9] 6
United States Ed Carpenter Racing[10] Chevrolet 6 United States J. R. Hildebrand 5–6
20 United States Ed Carpenter 2, 6, 10, 13–14
United States Spencer Pigot  R  7–9, 11–12, 15–16
21 United States Josef Newgarden[10] All
United States Jonathan Byrd's Racing Honda 88 United States Bryan Clauson[N 2] 6
United States KVSH Racing Chevrolet 11 France Sébastien Bourdais[11] All
25 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson  R  6
United States Lazier Burns Racing[12] Chevrolet 4 United States Buddy Lazier 6
Australia Pirtek Team Murray Chevrolet 61 Australia Matthew Brabham  R [13][N 3] 5–6
United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal All
16 United States Spencer Pigot  R [14] 1, 5–6
United States Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe All
7 Russia Mikhail Aleshin[15] All
77 Spain Oriol Servià 6
United States Team Penske Chevrolet 2 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya All
3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves All
12 Spain Oriol Servià[16][17] 1
Australia Will Power 2–16[N 4]
22 France Simon Pagenaud All

Notes[]

  • Bryan Clauson ran the Indianapolis 500 for the 3rd and final time for Jonathan Byrd's Racing. Clauson would attempt to race in more than 200 races in 2016 among IndyCar, sprint cars and midgets but would tragically fall short of that because on August 6, 2016, Clauson was involved in a midget car crash at Belleville High-Banks Speedway in Belleville, Kansas, and died the following night.[18]
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay, Carlos Muñoz and Marco Andretti signed with Andretti Autosport for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The team confirmed Townsend Bell for the Indianapolis 500.[19]
  • Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing became Ed Carpenter Racing for the 2016 season.[20] Both Josef Newgarden and Ed Carpenter remained with the team, with only Newgarden running the full schedule. The team confirmed J. R. Hildebrand for the GP of Indy and the Indianapolis 500.[21] ECR would add Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot to drive the No. 20 for the road/street courses beginning at Detroit.[22]
  • Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ran only one car full-time in 2016 with Graham Rahal, but ran Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot in three races (St. Petersburg, GP of Indy, and Indianapolis 500).[23]
  • Team Penske returned with the same four drivers as the 2015 season.
  • Chip Ganassi Racing retained Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Charlie Kimball, but neither Sage Karam nor Sebastián Saavedra returned to the team. The team later confirmed former Manor Marussia driver Max Chilton, who drove a partial Indy Lights schedule in 2015, as their fourth driver.
  • Schmidt Peterson Motorsports confirmed the return of James Hinchcliffe to the team. Mikhail Aleshin returned to the team for the full season, replacing James Jakes. Oriol Servià drove the team's third entry in the Indianapolis 500 with support from Marotti Racing.[24]
  • PIRTEK Team Murray confirmed that the team would race the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Indianapolis 500 with driver Matthew Brabham. The team had support from KVSH Racing.[13]
  • KVSH Racing confirmed the return of Sébastien Bourdais with the team. Stefano Coletti did not return for the team. Stefan Wilson drove the No. 25 for the Indianapolis 500.[25]
  • Dale Coyne Racing confirmed that Conor Daly and Luca Filippi would run the full season. Pippa Mann returned to the team for the Indianapolis 500. The team confirmed Gabby Chaves for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Indianapolis 500.
  • A. J. Foyt Enterprises confirmed the return of Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth to the team. The team confirmed Alex Tagliani for the Grand Prix of Indy and the Indianapolis 500.
  • Dreyer & Reinbold Racing reunited with Sage Karam for the Indianapolis 500.
  • Lazier Partners Racing confirmed the return of Buddy Lazier to the Indianapolis 500.
  • On February 18, Bryan Herta Autosport confirmed their alliance with fellow Honda team Andretti Autosport. The team was run out of Andretti's shop in Indianapolis.[26] Separately, due to a sponsor default, the team was unable to retain 2014 Indy Lights Champion Gabby Chaves.[27] The team would confirm former Caterham and Manor Racing driver Alexander Rossi to drive the No. 98 for the season.[4]
  • IndyCar announced on February 24, 2016, the hiring of three race stewards; former drivers Arie Luyendyk and Max Papis and longtime motorsports executive Dan Davis.
  • On May 15, 2016, information was revealed that Charlie Kimball would be using car number 42 instead of his usual 83 for the Indianapolis 500. This came as a promotion by Novo Nordisk and Chip Ganassi Racing that also involved Kyle Larson and Ganassi's NASCAR team. The official announcement came May 16, 2016
  • On June 12, 2016, Josef Newgarden suffered a fractured clavicle and wrist in an accident during the Firestone 600. Ed Carpenter Racing announced the following day that J. R. Hildebrand would fill in for Newgarden until he recovered from his injuries.[28] However, Newgarden recovered enough from his injuries that he was able to compete in the following race at Road America.
  • On July 21, 2016, Dale Coyne Racing announced that R. C. Enerson would make his IndyCar debut driving for the team at Mid-Ohio.[29] The team later signed Enerson to drive the final two races of the season.[30]

Schedule[]

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule was announced on October 27, 2015.[31] All rounds were held in the United States, except the Toronto round.

Rd. Date Race Name Track City
1 March 13 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg  R  St. Petersburg, Florida
2 April 2 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix Phoenix International Raceway  O  Avondale, Arizona
3 April 17 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach  R  Long Beach, California
4 April 24 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park  R  Birmingham, Alabama
5 May 14 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course  R  Speedway, Indiana
6 May 29 100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Indianapolis Motor Speedway  O  Speedway, Indiana
7 June 4 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans The Raceway at Belle Isle Park  R  Detroit, Michigan
8 June 5
9 June 26 Kohler Grand Prix Road America[32]  R  Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10 July 10 Iowa Corn 300 Iowa Speedway  O  Newton, Iowa
11 July 17 Honda Indy Toronto Exhibition Place  R  Canada Toronto, Ontario
12 July 31 Honda Indy 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course  R  Lexington, Ohio
13 August 22* ABC Supply 500 Pocono Raceway  O  Long Pond, Pennsylvania
14* June 12/August 27*[33] Firestone 600 Texas Motor Speedway  O  Fort Worth, Texas
15 September 4 Grand Prix at The Glen Watkins Glen International  R  Watkins Glen, New York
16 September 18 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma Sonoma Raceway  R  Sears Point, California

 O  Oval/Speedway  R  Road course/Street circuit

Schedule changes and notes[]

  • The Grand Prix of Boston was announced in late May 2015. The race was scheduled to be run on Labor Day Weekend on September 4, 2016. The proposed street circuit was based in the Boston Seaport District. On April 29, 2016, Boston newspapers reported that the race had been canceled.[34]
  • St. Petersburg was run on March 11–13.[35]
  • Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was also rumored to start the 2016 season with a race in February, but did not materialize.[36]
  • IndyCar did not return to NOLA Motorsports Park and the Milwaukee Mile in 2016 following financial difficulties exposed shortly after the 2015 running of the former event.[36] Auto Club Speedway at Fontana was also dropped for 2016, which means that the IndyCar Triple Crown would not be contested.[36]
  • Toronto returned to its original July date as a single race weekend.
  • Road America's return to an open-wheel calendar was announced on August 8, 2015. The race was run on June 26, 2016.[37]
  • IndyCar returned to Phoenix International Raceway for the first time since 2005.[38]
  • IndyCar officials explored the possibility of returning to Gateway Motorsports Park; a deal was eventually reached for the track to return for the 2017 season.
  • Texas Motor Speedway confirmed that the Verizon IndyCar Series would run on June 11, 2016.[39] However, the race was postponed to the following afternoon due to persistent rain. It was further halted after 71 laps due to more rain and the rest of the race was postponed until August 27. The 248 lap race resumed starting at lap 72. This would lead to updates for the track regarding drainage and repaving in time for 2017's events.[33]
  • IndyCar returned to Pocono Raceway on August 21.[40] However, due to rain, the race was postponed until Monday at 12:09 PM EST. It marked the first that Indycar Series ran a race on Monday since the 2011 Sao Paulo Indy 300 and the first time it started and completed on Monday since the 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
  • In an interview with Mark Miles, Iowa Speedway was said to be set for July 10.[31]
  • In a November 2 press release, IndyCar announced a two-day promoter test at Phoenix International Raceway, scheduled for February 26–27, in preparation for the series’ return to the 1-mile oval.[41] The Phoenix promoter test in February was the only one not in conjunction with a typical race weekend schedule. The other promoter test days were: March 11 at St. Petersburg, April 22 at Barber Motorsports Park, May 12 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, June 24 at Road America, July 29 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and September 16 at Sonoma Raceway.
  • IndyCar CEO Mark Miles said in an interview that IndyCar was working on replacing the Boston race on Labor Day and specifically stated that Gateway Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen International were being considered as replacement venues.[42] On May 13, 2016, IndyCar announced that Watkins Glen would replace Boston.[43]

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 France Simon Pagenaud Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet Report
2 Phoenix Brazil Hélio Castroneves Brazil Tony Kanaan New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Report
3 Long Beach Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Charlie Kimball Brazil Hélio Castroneves France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
4 Birmingham France Simon Pagenaud New Zealand Scott Dixon France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
5 Indianapolis GP France Simon Pagenaud United States Alexander Rossi France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
6 Indianapolis 500 Canada James Hinchcliffe United States Alexander Rossi United States Ryan Hunter-Reay United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Autosport Honda Report
7 Detroit 1 France Simon Pagenaud New Zealand Scott Dixon France Simon Pagenaud France Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet Report
8 Detroit 2 France Simon Pagenaud United States Josef Newgarden France Simon Pagenaud Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
9 Road America Australia Will Power United Kingdom Max Chilton Australia Will Power Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
10 Iowa France Simon Pagenaud United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Report
11 Toronto New Zealand Scott Dixon Brazil Hélio Castroneves New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
12 Mid-Ohio France Simon Pagenaud Australia Will Power Russia Mikhail Aleshin France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
13 Pocono Russia Mikhail Aleshin Australia Will Power Russia Mikhail Aleshin Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
14 Texas Colombia Carlos Muñoz New Zealand Scott Dixon Canada James Hinchcliffe United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Report
15 Watkins Glen New Zealand Scott Dixon Brazil Tony Kanaan New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Report
16 Sonoma France Simon Pagenaud Brazil Tony Kanaan France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report

Driver standings[]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
Pos Driver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGL SNM Pts
QL 500
1 France Simon Pagenaud 2* 2 1 1* 1* 8 19 13* 2* 13 4 9 1 18 4 7 1* 659
2 Australia Will Power DNS 3 7 4 19 6 10 20 1 1* 2 1 2 1 8 20 20 532
3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 4 11 3* 7 2 9 11 5 14 5 13 2 15 19 5 3 7 504
4 United States Josef Newgarden 22 6 10 3 21 2 3 14 4 8 1* 22 10 4 22 2 6 502
5 United States Graham Rahal 16 5 15 2 4 26 14 4 11 3 16 13 4 11 1 21 2 484
6 New Zealand Scott Dixon 7 1* 2 10 7 13 8 19 5 22 3 8* 22 6 19 1* 17 477
7 Brazil Tony Kanaan 9 4 6 8 25 18 4 9 7 2 7 4 12 9 3 19 13 461
8 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 1 9 4 5 8 17 33 3 20 7 20 20 11 8 9 13 3 433
9 United States Charlie Kimball 10 12 11 9 5 16 5 8 16 6 10 11 8 15 6 6 9 433
10 Colombia Carlos Muñoz 8 22 12 14 12 5 2 6 15 10 12 17 3 7 7 11 15 432
11 United States Alexander Rossi  RY  12 14 20 15 10 11 1 10 12 15 6 16 14 20 11 8 5 430
12 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 3 10 18 11 9 3 24* 7 3 4 22 12 18 3 13 14 4 428
13 Canada James Hinchcliffe 19 18 8 6 3 1 7 18 21 14 9 3 5 10 2* 18 12 416
14 France Sébastien Bourdais 21 8 9 16 24 19 9 1 8 18 8 7 20 5 10 5 10 404
15 Russia Mikhail Aleshin 5 17 16 17 13 7 27 15 17 16 5 6 17* 2* 16 22 11 347
16 United States Marco Andretti 15 13 19 12 15 14 13 16 9 12 14 10 13 12 12 12 8 339
17 Japan Takuma Sato 6 15 5 13 18 12 26 11 10 17 11 5 9 22 20 17 14 320
18 United States Conor Daly  R  13 16 13 20 6 24 29 2 6 21 21 15 6 16 21 4 21 313
19 United Kingdom Max Chilton  R  17 7 14 21 14 22 15 21 22 20 19 18 16 13 15 10 16 267
20 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 11 19 21 19 20 31 16 22 19 11 15 21 21 14 17 16 18 229
21 United States Spencer Pigot  R  14 11 29 25 17 18 9 19 7 15 22 165
22 Colombia Gabby Chaves 17 21 20 12 13 19 17 14 121
23 United States J. R. Hildebrand 22 15 6 84
24 Spain Oriol Servià 18 10 12 72
25 United States Ed Carpenter 21 20 31 18 21 18 67
26 Italy Luca Filippi 20 20 17 18 14 61
27 United States Townsend Bell 4 21 55
28 United States R. C. Enerson  R  19 9 19 55
29 United Kingdom Pippa Mann 25 18 17 46
30 Australia Matthew Brabham  R  16 26 22 37
31 Canada Alex Tagliani 23 33 17 35
32 United States Sage Karam 23 32 22
33 United States Bryan Clauson 28 23 21
34 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson  R  30 28 14
35 United States Buddy Lazier 32 30 12
Pos Driver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGL SNM Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(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 most race laps
(2 points)
DNS Any driver who qualifies
but does not start (DNS),
earns half the points
had they taken part.
1 Qualifying canceled
no bonus point awarded
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie
  • One championship point is awarded to each driver who leads at least one race lap. Two additional championship points are awarded to the driver who leads most laps during a race.
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the number 1 qualifier earns one point.
  • Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engines reach their required distance run will result in the loss of ten points.
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

Manufacturer standings[]

Pos Manufacturer STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGL SNM Bonus Penalties Points
1 Chevrolet 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 – – 1992
2 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 3
4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 7 5 5 3 6
125* 128* 128* 120* 123* 194 118* 125* 123* 128* 125* 117 112 97 128* 229*
2 Honda 3 5 5 2 3 1 2 3 3 5 3 3 2 1 4 2 – – 1697
5 10 8 6 4 2 4 6 4 6 5 4 3 2 8 4
6 13 12 11 6 7 6 9 10 9 6 5 7 7 9 5
93 67 72 87 95 234* 100 85 87 80 93 99* 104* 119* 78 204
  • The top three finishing drivers from each manufacturer in each race/qualifying score championship points for their respective manufacturer, provided they were using one of their four allotted engines.
  • Two additional points are awarded to the manufacturer if one of their entrants leads most laps of a race.
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one point.
  • Manufacturers will earn ten points for each engine reaching the 2500-mile change-out threshold. Manufacturers will lose twenty points for each engine failing to reach the change-out threshold, or for a non-minor repair requiring a component change.
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ On August 13, Daly announced that he would switch to car 88 for the Pocono race in honor of Bryan Clauson, who had died on August 6 during the USAC in Belleville, Kansas. Clauson had used the number 88 his final IndyCar start in the 2016 Indianapolis 500.
  2. ^ Team to get support from Dale Coyne Racing.
  3. ^ Team to get support from KVSH Racing.
  4. ^ Replaced for race at St. Petersburg after winning pole by Servia due to inner-ear infection.

See also[]

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