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2023 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 5
End dateSeptember 10
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The 2023 NTT IndyCar Series will be the 112th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 28th season under IndyCar Series sanction. The showcase event will be the 2023 Indianapolis 500.

Background

The 2023 season is scheduled to be the final season using the current 2.2-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine formula that made its debut in the 2012 season. A new 2.4-liter V6 twin-turbocharged hybrid engine formula is set to debut in the series from 2024 onwards.[1]

Series news

  • On May 26, 2022, it was announced that Shell Oil Company will replace Speedway LLC as an official fuel partner and supplier, with the series planning to introduce a 100% renewable fuel.[2]

Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Full-time

Team Engine No. Driver(s)
A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 14 United States Santino Ferrucci[3]
TBA United States Benjamin Pedersen[4]  R 
Andretti Autosport Honda 26 United States Colton Herta[5]
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood[6]
28 France Romain Grosjean[7]
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[8]
Arrow McLaren SP[9] Chevrolet 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward[10]
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[11]
7 United States Alexander Rossi[12]
Chip Ganassi Racing[13] Honda 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[13]
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[14]
10 Spain Álex Palou[15]
11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong[16]  R 
TBA
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 18 United States David Malukas[17]
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Conor Daly[18]
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay[18]
Juncos Hollinger Racing[19] Chevrolet 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott[20]
78 TBA
Meyer Shank Racing Honda 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[21]
60 France Simon Pagenaud[22]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[23]
30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey[24]
45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard[24]
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden[25]
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin[26]
TBA[N 1] Australia Will Power[25]

Part-time/Indy 500-only

Team Engine No. Driver(s)
Andretti Autosport Honda 98 United States Marco Andretti[27]
Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet TBA Brazil Tony Kanaan[28]
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 24 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson[29]
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet TBA United States Ed Carpenter[30]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing[31] Honda TBA TBA
  1. ^ As the reigning series champion, Power has the right of first refusal to use the No. 1.
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Álex Palou contract dispute

On July 12, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing sent a press release saying that they had extended the contract of Álex Palou for the 2023 IndyCar season by exercising the option they held on his deal. Included in the press release was a quote attributed to Palou.[32] Hours later, Palou, via a thread on Twitter denounced this press release, claimed that the quote attributed to him was created by the team (a practice common among IndyCar teams, according to RACER.com's Marshall Pruett[33]) and also not approved by him. He also stated that he had given Chip Ganassi Racing prior notice that he intended to leave the team after the 2022 season and join McLaren Racing's roster of drivers.[34] Moments after these tweets, McLaren announced that they had signed Palou to a contract for 2023, though it was not specifically mentioned if Palou would drive for Arrow McLaren SP, McLaren's IndyCar operation.[34][33] Chip Ganassi Racing responded to this by releasing a statement reiterating their claim to Palou's services.[35] On July 27, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed they had filed a civil lawsuit against Palou in Marion County, Indiana.[36] On September 14, 2022, it was announced that an agreement had been reached by all parties that would see Palou continue with Chip Ganassi for the 2023 season, and McLaren subsequently confirmed Felix Rosenqvist would be returning to AMSP.[11]

Driver changes

Preseason

  • On June 2, 2022, Arrow McLaren SP confirmed the signing of Alexander Rossi for 2023 in a third entry. He will depart Andretti Autosport after seven years with the team.[12]
  • On June 6, 2022, Andretti Autosport announced that 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood would replace Rossi in the No. 27 entry, switching from A.J. Foyt Racing.[6]
  • On September 26, 2022, Jimmie Johnson announced that he would step back from racing on a full-time basis. Johnson had competed full-time in the 2022 season for Chip Ganassi Racing.[37]
  • On September 28, 2022, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed the signing of Benjamin Pedersen to a multi-year contract. The Danish-American moves up from Indy Lights where he finished 5th in the championship with 1 win in 2022.[4]
  • On October 6, 2022, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed they had signed Santino Ferrucci to drive the No. 14 entry.[3] Ferrucci spent 2022 driving in two races as an injury substitute, the Indianapolis 500 for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, and two NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • On October 11, 2022, Dalton Kellett announced that he would not be returning to A. J. Foyt Racing after 3 seasons with the team. Kellet had met with the team earlier to discuss running a third entry after the signing of Ferrucci and Pedersen.[38]
  • On November 1, 2022, Arrow McLaren SP confirmed that Tony Kanaan would drive a fourth entry for the team at the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan moves from Chip Ganassi Racing, where he finished 3rd in the race in 2022.[28]
  • On November 17, 2022, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced that it had formed a partnership with Cusick Motorsports to field their driver Stefan Wilson in DRR's No. 24 entry in the Indianapolis 500.[29] Wilson replaces Sage Karam, who ran the Indy 500 the last seven years for DRR.[39]
  • On December 2, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that they had signed Marcus Armstrong to race the road and street course races in its No. 11 entry. The entry will replace the No. 48 entry driven by Johnson. A driver to race the ovals for the entry is still to-be-confirmed.[40]

Midseason

Team changes

Preseason

  • On September 7, 2022, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that they would expand to two entries with a to-be-determined driver in the No. 78.[19]
  • On September 20, 2022, Taylor Kiel announced that he was leaving his role as president of Arrow McLaren SP on his own volition with immediate effect.[41]
  • On September 23, 2022, Arrow McLaren SP confirmed they had hired Brian Barnhart in a to-be-defined role. On October 4, the team announced Barnhart's role would be general manager, while also naming Gavin Ward to the position of race director, splitting the duties of former president Kiel. Barnhart departs Andretti Autosport after serving as race strategist for James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi.[9]
  • On November 15, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing's managing director Mike Hull told RACER.com's Marshall Pruett that the team had hired Taylor Kiel (Hull's stepson) as team manager, filling a void left by promoting Mike O'Gara to run the team's sports car racing entries.[42]
  • On November 23, 2022, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced a driver swap amongst their Nos. 30 and 45 entries. Christian Lundgaard will drive the No. 45 and Jack Harvey the No. 30 with the change being done for sponsorship reasons.[24]

Midseason

Schedule

The schedule was released on September 27, 2022.[43]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 5[44] Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 April 2[45] Texas Indy 600km  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
3 April 16[46] Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4 April 30 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5 May 13[47] GMR Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course) Speedway, Indiana
6 May 28[47] 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)
7 June 4[48] Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear  R  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
8 June 18 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America presented by AMR  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9 July 2 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by the all new 2023 Civic Type R  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10 July 16[49] Honda Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
11 July 22 Hy-Vee INDYCAR 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
12 July 23 Hy-Vee INDYCAR 300
13 August 6[50] Big Machine Music City Grand Prix  R  Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee
14 August 12[51] Gallagher Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course) Speedway, Indiana
15 August 27 Bommarito Automotive Group 500  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
16 September 3[52] Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
17 September 10[53] Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California

NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change

O Short oval/Superspeedway
R Road/street course

See also

References

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