2022 IndyCar Series

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2022 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
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Season
Races17
Start dateFebruary 27
End dateSeptember 11
Awards
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Scott McLaughlin (left) is the current championship leader; Álex Palou (right), the defending champion, is 2nd in points.

The 2022 NTT IndyCar Series is the 111th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 27th season under IndyCar Series sanction. The showcase event will be the 2022 Indianapolis 500. It is the third year under Penske management after they took over in late 2019.

Background[]

Álex Palou enters the season as the reigning 2021 IndyCar Series champion. Palou won three races in 2021. Hélio Castroneves is the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner, beginning his first full-time season in IndyCar since 2017.

The 2022 season was planned to be the final season for the 2.2-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine package that debuted in 2012. A new 2.4-liter V6 twin-turbocharged hybrid engine formula is set to debut in the series. It was originally scheduled for 2023, however, it has been delayed until 2024.[1]

Confirmed entries[]

The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 4 Canada Dalton Kellett[2] All
11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón[3]  R  1, 3–5, 7–10, 13–14, 16–17
United States J. R. Hildebrand[4] 2, 6, 11–12, 15
14 United States Kyle Kirkwood[5][6]  R  All
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 26 United States Colton Herta[7][8][9] All
Andretti Autosport 27 United States Alexander Rossi[10] All
28 France Romain Grosjean[11] All
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[12]  R  All
Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian 98 United States Marco Andretti[13] 6
Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward[14][15] All
6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[16] 5–6
7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[17][18] All
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[19] All
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[20] All
10 Spain Álex Palou[17][21][22] All
48 United States Jimmie Johnson[20][23] All
TBA Brazil Tony Kanaan[24][25] 6
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 18 United States David Malukas[26]  R  All
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing 51 Japan Takuma Sato[27] All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 23 United States Santino Ferrucci[28] 6
24 United States Sage Karam[28] 6
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Conor Daly[29] All
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay[30] All
33 United States Ed Carpenter[31] 2, 6, 11–12, 15
Juncos Hollinger Racing[32] Chevrolet 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott[33]  R  All
Meyer Shank Racing Honda 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[34] All
60 France Simon Pagenaud[35] All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[36] All
30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard[37]  R  All
45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey[38] All
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden[39] All
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin[40] All
12 Australia Will Power[39] All
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes[]

  • On July 22, 2021, Meyer Shank Racing announced that the defending and four-time overall Indianapolis 500 winner Hélio Castroneves will drive the No. 06 entry full-time in the 2022 season and Jack Harvey will not return to drive the No. 60 entry. Harvey had raced with the team since the 2017 season.[34] This will be Castroneves's first full-time IndyCar season since driving for Team Penske in 2017, when he won at Iowa Speedway.
  • On September 14, 2021, it was announced that Ryan Hunter-Reay will not return to Andretti Autosport after 12 seasons with the team.[41]
  • On September 24, 2021, it was announced that Romain Grosjean will drive the No. 28 entry for Andretti Autosport full-time in the 2022 season.[11]
  • On September 27, 2021, it was announced that Simon Pagenaud will drive the No. 60 entry for Meyer Shank Racing full-time in 2022, parting ways with Team Penske after seven seasons.[35]
  • On October 5, 2021, it was announced that Takuma Sato will not return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing after driving with the team for five seasons in 2012 and from 2018-2021.[42]
  • On October 11, 2021, it was announced that Jack Harvey will drive the No. 45 entry for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing full-time in the 2022 season, with backing from HyVee.[38]
  • On October 19, 2021, Sébastien Bourdais announced that he would not be returning as a full-time driver for A. J. Foyt Enterprises after signing a deal to drive full-time with Chip Ganassi Racing's IMSA team, however he stated he was still negotiating a possible part-time effort with the team.[43]
  • On October 20, 2021, it was announced that Christian Lundgaard will drive the No. 30 entry for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing full-time in the 2022 season, having signed a multi-year agreement.[37]
  • On November 4, 2021, it was announced Devlin DeFrancesco will drive the No. 29 entry for Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport. He will replace the outgoing James Hinchcliffe.[12]
  • On November 10, 2021, A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that reigning Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood would join the team for the full season in the no. 14 car, replacing Sébastien Bourdais. For winning the 2021 Indy Lights title, Kirkwood received a scholarship to partake in at least three rounds of the championship, including the Indianapolis 500.[5][6]
  • On December 9, 2021, it was announced that two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato will join Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing for the 2022 season and will drive the No. 51 entry replacing Romain Grosjean.[27]
  • On December 14, 2021, James Hinchcliffe announced that he will step back from full-time competition in the IndyCar Series.[44]
  • On December 15, 2021, Jimmie Johnson announced that he will drive full-time for Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2022 season.[23]
  • On January 14, 2022, it was announced that Conor Daly will return to Ed Carpenter Racing to drive full-time in the 2022 season. Daly had driven with the team part-time in the previous two seasons.[45]
  • On January 17, 2022, A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that Tatiana Calderón would drive part-time for the team in the 2022 season.[46] She will race on the road and street courses. Calderón had previously tested for A. J. Foyt Enterprises in July 2021.[47]
  • On February 4, 2022, it was announced that Max Chilton has called an end to his IndyCar career after six seasons in the series.[48]

Team changes[]

  • Meyer Shank Racing is set to expand to two full-time entries.[34]
  • Juncos Racing will return to the IndyCar Series for the first time since the 2019 Indianapolis 500. Team owner Ricardo Juncos has formed a partnership with Brad Hollinger to create Juncos Hollinger Racing and having competed in the final three rounds of 2021, the team will race full time in 2022 with Callum Ilott.[49][33]
  • Arrow McLaren SP announced on August 8, 2021, that McLaren Racing had purchased a 75% majority ownership stake in the team, effective after the 2021 season.[18] Since 2020, McLaren and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports had operated a joint entry with the former having no stake in the team. As part of this announcement, McLaren CEO Zak Brown also confirmed that drivers Pato O'Ward and Felix Rosenqvist would be returning to the team for the 2022 season.
  • With the addition of Jack Harvey, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will expand to three full-time entries in the 2022 season.[38]
  • After running four full-time entries in the 2021 season, Team Penske owner Roger Penske confirmed that the team will downsize to three full-time entries for the 2022 season.[50]
  • On November 4, 2021, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed it would field a fifth car at the Indianapolis 500.[51] On January 17, 2022, it was confirmed that Tony Kanaan would drive this car.[52]
  • Vasser Sullivan Racing will end their partnership with Dale Coyne Racing after five seasons together.[53]
  • After running one entry in the 2021 Indianapolis 500, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will field two entries in the 2022 Indianapolis 500 with Santino Ferrucci and Sage Karam.[28]
  • Dale Coyne Racing will form a partnership with HMD Motorsports with 2021 Indy Lights runner-up David Malukas as their driver.[54]
  • Ed Carpenter Racing stated that it will add a third part-time entry for owner/driver Ed Carpenter while announcing Conor Daly as the full-time driver of the No. 20 entry. Initially only confirmed for the Indianapolis 500, on March 3, 2022, the team announced that Carpenter would compete in all oval events during the season.[29][31]
  • A. J. Foyt Enterprises will expand to three full-time entries. Tatiana Calderón will drive the No. 11 on the road courses and street circuits.[46] J. R. Hildebrand will drive the entry on the ovals.[4]
  • On February 2, 2022, Marshall Pruett of RACER.com reported that Carlin had ended their IndyCar program, which had run since 2018, and entered into a technical alliance with Juncos Hollinger Racing.[55]

Schedule[]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 27 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 20 Xpel 375  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
3 April 10[56] Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4 May 1 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5 May 14 GMR Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 29 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway
7 June 5 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix  R  Belle Isle Street Circuit Detroit, Michigan
8 June 12 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9 July 3 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10 July 17 Honda Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
11 July 23 Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash  O  Iowa Speedway[57] Newton, Iowa
12 July 24 Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google
13 July 30 Indy Road 195  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
14 August 7 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix  R  Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee
15 August 20 Bommarito Automotive Group 500  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
16 September 4 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
17 September 11 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
O Short oval/Superspeedway
R Road/street course

Schedule changes[]

  • On August 19, 2021, it was confirmed that the Iowa Speedway would return to the schedule.[57]
  • On September 19, 2021, the full schedule was released. The changes included Texas and Detroit becoming single races, rather than doubleheaders, and a return to Toronto, having been removed from both the 2020 and the 2021 schedules due to travel restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • St Petersburg was returned to the opening race of the season and will be run in February, marking the earliest season start since 2000.
  • Texas was moved to the 2nd race of the season, due to be held on March 20.
  • Long Beach returned to its traditional date in April, having been moved to September the previous season.
  • On November 3, 2021, the Detroit City Council and Penske Entertainment reached an agreement to move the Detroit Grand Prix back to the downtown streets around The Renaissance Center, making the 2022 event the final time IndyCar will race at Belle Isle.[58]

Results[]

Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner Report
Driver Team Manufacturer
1 St. Petersburg New Zealand Scott McLaughlin United States Conor Daly New Zealand Scott McLaughlin New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet Report
2 Texas
3 Long Beach
4 Birmingham
5 IMS GMR GP
6 Indianapolis 500 Report
7 Detroit
8 Road America
9 Mid-Ohio
10 Toronto
11 Iowa 1
12 Iowa 2
13 IMS Big Machine GP
14 Nashville
15 Gateway
16 Portland
17 Laguna Seca

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.[59]

Driver standings[]

  • At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earned 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).[60] The top nine Indy 500 qualifiers received points, descending from 9 points for the pole position.[61]
  • Drivers who lead at least one race lap were awarded 1 point.[62] The driver who leads the most laps during a race scored an additional 2 points.[62]
  • Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reached their required distance run resulted in the loss of 10 points.[63]
Pos Driver STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT POR LAG Pts
1 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 1L* 54
2 Spain Álex Palou 2L 41
3 Australia Will Power 3L 36
4 United States Colton Herta 4 32
5 France Romain Grosjean 5 30
6 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 6L 29
7 United States Graham Rahal 7 26
8 New Zealand Scott Dixon 8L 25
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 9 22
10 Japan Takuma Sato 10 20
11 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  11 19
12 Mexico Pato O'Ward 12 18
13 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 13 17
14 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 14 16
15 France Simon Pagenaud 15 15
16 United States Josef Newgarden 16 14
17 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 17 13
18 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  18 12
19 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  19 11
20 United States Alexander Rossi 20L 11
21 United States Conor Daly 21 9
22 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  22 8
23 United States Jimmie Johnson 23 7
24 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R  24 6
25 Canada Dalton Kellett 25 5
26 United States David Malukas  R  26 5
Pos Driver STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT 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
L 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

Entrant standings[]

  • Based on the entrant, used for oval qualifications order, and starting grids when qualifying is cancelled.
  • Only full-time entrants shown.
Pos Entrant STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT POR LAG Pts
1 #3 Team Penske 1L* 54
2 #10 Chip Ganassi Racing 2L 41
3 #12 Team Penske 3L 36
4 #26 Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 4 32
5 #28 Andretti Autosport 5 30
6 #21 Ed Carpenter Racing 6L 29
7 #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 7 26
8 #9 Chip Ganassi Racing 8L 25
9 #8 Chip Ganassi Racing 9 22
10 #51 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing 10 20
11 #30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 11 19
12 #5 Arrow McLaren SP 12 18
13 #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 13 17
14 #06 Meyer Shank Racing 14 16
15 #60 Meyer Shank Racing 15 15
16 #2 Team Penske 16 14
17 #7 Arrow McLaren SP 17 13
18 #14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 18 12
19 #77 Juncos Hollinger Racing 19 11
20 #27 Andretti Autosport 20L 11
21 #20 Ed Carpenter Racing 21 9
22 #29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport 22 8
23 #48 Chip Ganassi Racing 23 7
24 #11 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 24 6
25 #4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 25 5
26 #18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports 26 5
Pos Entrant STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT POR LAG Pts

Manufacturer standings[]

  • The top two finishing full-season entrants from each manufacturer in each race scored points for their respective manufacturer.[64]
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualified on pole earned one point.[65] At the Indy 500, the fastest Saturday qualifier earned one point, while the pole position winner on Sunday earned two points.[66]
  • The manufacturer that won each race was awarded five additional points.[67]
  • Bonus points were awarded for Indy 500 race engines that reached a running duration of 2,000 miles during the season.[68]
  • All manufacturer points could only be earned by full-season entrants, and provided they were using an engine from their initial allocation, or had mileaged out all previously used engines.[69] Ineligible cars were removed from the finishing order used for race finish points,[70] and could not score pole or win bonus points.[71]
Pos Manufacturer STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT POR LAG Bonus Pts
1 Chevrolet 1 – 91
3
91PW
2 Honda 2 – 72
4
72
Manufacturer standings results breakdown
Entrant STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IGP2 NSH GAT POR LAG
Chevrolet
#2 Team Penske 16
#3 Team Penske 1
#4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 25
#5 Arrow McLaren SP 12
#7 Arrow McLaren SP 17
#11 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 24
#12 Team Penske 3
#14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 18
#20 Ed Carpenter Racing 21
#21 Ed Carpenter Racing 6
#77 Juncos Hollinger Racing 19
Honda
#06 Meyer Shank Racing 14
#8 Chip Ganassi Racing 9
#9 Chip Ganassi Racing 8
#10 Chip Ganassi Racing 2
#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 7
#18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports 26
#26 Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 4
#27 Andretti Autosport 20
#28 Andretti Autosport 5
#29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport 22
#30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 11
#45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 13
#48 Chip Ganassi Racing 23
#51 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing 10
#60 Meyer Shank Racing 15
Superscript indicates entrant engine count

See also[]

Footnotes[]

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