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The 2019 NTT IndyCar Series was the 24th season of the IndyCar Series and the 108th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event was 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.
2019 IndyCar season | |
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NTT IndyCar Series | |
Season | |
Races | 17 |
Start date | March 10 |
End date | September 22 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Josef Newgarden |
Manufacturers' Cup | Honda |
Rookie of the Year | Felix Rosenqvist |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Simon Pagenaud |
Josef Newgarden won his second Drivers' Championship, while Honda won the Manufacturers' Championship for the second year in a row, and it was the manufacturer's first championship of the Reiwa era. Rookie of the Year honors went to Felix Rosenqvist.
The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with UAK18 aero kit and Firestone tires.
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.[63] On February 11, it was revealed that the team's second engine lease was only for the Indianapolis 500.[64]
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.[56]
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.[65]
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.[54]
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.[66]
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.[67]
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.[41] 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.
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.[31]
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.[68]
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".[69]
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] On August 8, 2019, Andretti Autosport announced that Daly would return to the team for the final race of the season at Laguna Seca.[70]
On May 31, 2019, Trevor Carlin revealed that Patricio O'Ward would not be competing at the Iowa and Gateway rounds, but the second Carlin car would be run at those two events. In late June, Red Bull announced that O'Ward would be replacing Dan Ticktum at Team Mugen in Super Formula. With this move to another series, and well-known budgetary restrictions after his crash at Indianapolis, O'Ward's rookie IndyCar season was cut short after only 8 races. On July 2, Carlin announced that Sage Karam would take O'Ward's seat in the No. 31 car at Toronto, which was then extended to Iowa. On July 23, Carlin announced that RC Enerson would drive the No. 31 car for the round at Mid-Ohio. Charlie Kimball filled in the final two gaps in the schedule at Gateway and Portland, expanding his planned 5-race schedule to 7 races.
On June 4, 2019, Carlin announced that Max Chilton would not be competing in the last 4 oval events of the season at Texas, Iowa, Pocono, and Gateway. Conor Daly was announced as the driver of the No. 59 car at Texas on the same day, and the No. 59 car will continue to be run for the full season. It was announced on August 12 that Daly would compete in the last two oval races at Pocono and Gateway in the No. 59 car.
On August 29, 2019, it was announced that Marcus Ericsson had been called up by Alfa Romeo Racing in Formula One to be on reserve driver duty at the Belgian Grand Prix. Conor Daly was announced at the same time to be replacing Ericsson for the round at Portland.[22]
All races were in the United States apart from the Toronto round.
O Oval speedway
R Road course
S Street circuit
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Pos | Driver | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | LAG | Pts | |
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1 | #2 Team Penske | 1L* | 2 | 4 | 2L | 15L | 48L | 1L* | 19L | 1L | 3 | 4 | 1L* | 14L | 5L | 7L | 5 | 8 | 641 |
2 | #22 Team Penske | 7 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1L | 11L* | 6 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1L* | 4L | 6 | 3L* | 5 | 7 | 4L | 616 |
3 | #27 Andretti Autosport | 5L | 9 | 5L | 1L* | 22 | 29L | 2L | 5 | 2L | 1L* | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 608 |
4 | #9 Chip Ganassi Racing | 2 | 13 | 2L | 3 | 2L* | 17L | 22 | 1L* | 17L | 5 | 2 | 2L | 1L* | 2L | 20 | 16L | 3 | 578 |
5 | #12 Team Penske | 3L | 24L* | 11 | 7L | 7 | 56L | 18 | 3L | 9 | 2 | 18 | 15L | 4L | 1L | 22L | 1L* | 2L | 550 |
6 | #10 Chip Ganassi Racing | 4L | 23 | 10 | 10 | 8L | 28L | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2L | 22 | 11L | 2L | 5 | 425 |
7 | #88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing | 8 | 1L | 24 | 23 | 23 | 335 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 9L | 4L | 1L* | 420 |
8 | #28 Andretti Autosport | 23 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5L* | 11 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 420 |
9 | #30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 19 | 7 | 1L* | 8L | 14 | 3L | 3 | 13 | 15L | 10 | 22L | 20 | 19 | 21 | 1L | 15 | 21 | 415 |
10 | #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 12 | 4 | 23L | 4 | 9L | 27 | 7 | 7 | 3L | 4L | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 389 |
11 | #18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | 24 | 5 | 3L | 11 | 11L | 307 | 11 | 9 | 8L | 12 | 8 | 9L | 11 | 7 | 19L | 9L | 7 | 387 |
12 | #5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 6 | 16 | 6L | 9 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 12L | 20 | 9 | 370 |
13 | #19 Dale Coyne Racing | 9 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 7L | 19 | 10L | 4 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4L* | 17 | 24 | 351 |
14 | #20 Ed Carpenter Racing | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 134 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 338 |
15 | #21 Ed Carpenter Racing | 11 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 143L | 10 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 335 |
16 | #14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 15 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 304 |
17 | #98 Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | 13 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 10L | 13 | 14 | 303 |
18 | #7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 20 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 2L | 7L | 13 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 16L | 21 | 11 | 299 |
19 | #26 Andretti Autosport | 14 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 13L | 7 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 271 |
20 | #59 Carlin | 16 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 18 | DNQ | 17 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6L | 11 | 13 | 268 |
21 | #23/31 Carlin | 17 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 262 |
22 | #4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 22 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 261 |
23 | #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson | 10 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 186 | |||||||
Pos | Driver | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | LAG | Pts |
Pos | Manufacturer | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | LAG | Bonus | Pts | |
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1 | Honda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 1436 |
4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||||
72 | 90 | 96P | 91P | 67P | 75 | 76P | 95 | 76P | 88P | 75 | 75 | 95 | 85 | 70 | 50 | 85 | ||||
2 | Chevrolet | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 1387 |
3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
91P | 65P | 54 | 68 | 90 | 90P | 83 | 55P | 83 | 75 | 88P | 88P | 58 | 72 | 85 | 90 | 70 |
Manufacturer Championship results breakdown | |||||||||||||||||
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Entrant | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | LAG | |
Chevrolet | |||||||||||||||||
#2 Penske | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | Ineligible | |||
#4 Foyt | 20 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
#12 Penske | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Ineligible | ||||
#14 Foyt | 14 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
#20 ECR | 19 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 11 | Ineligible | |||
#21 ECR | 10 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 11 |
#22 Penske | 7 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
#23 Carlin | 16 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
#59 Carlin | 15 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 17 | DNQ | 17 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Race Finish | 85 | 64 | 54 | 68 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 54 | 78 | 75 | 82 | 82 | 58 | 72 | 85 | 90 | 66 |
Indy Bonus | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pole Bonus | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Win Bonus | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
Total Points | 91 | 65 | 54 | 68 | 90 | 172 | 83 | 55 | 83 | 75 | 88 | 88 | 58 | 72 | 85 | 90 | 70 |
Honda | |||||||||||||||||
#5 SPM | 6 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 11 | Inel. |
#7 SPM | 18 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 |
#9 Ganassi | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
#10 Ganassi | 4 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2 | Ineligible | |||
#15 RLL | 11 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 |
#18 Coyne | 22 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | Ineligible | |||
#19 Coyne | 9 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Inel. |
#26 Andretti | 13 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
#27 Andretti | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Ineligible | |||
#28 Andretti | 21 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 10 | Inel. |
#30 RLL | 17 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | Ineligible | ||
#88 Harding | 8 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 7 | Ineligible | |||
#98 Herta | 12 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Race Finish | 72 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 90 | 75 | 82 | 75 | 75 | 90 | 85 | 70 | 50 | 85 |
Indy Bonus | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pole Bonus | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Win Bonus | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
Total Points | 72 | 90 | 96 | 91 | 67 | 150 | 76 | 95 | 76 | 88 | 75 | 75 | 95 | 85 | 70 | 50 | 85 |
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