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2017 IndyCar Series

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2017 IndyCar season
Verizon IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 12
End dateSeptember 17
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Josef Newgarden
Manufacturers' CupUnited States Chevrolet
Rookie of the YearUnited Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Indianapolis 500 winnerJapan Takuma Sato
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Josef Newgarden (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Simon Pagenaud (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 22nd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 106th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event was the 101st Indianapolis 500 won by Takuma Sato. Josef Newgarden, the 2011 Indy Lights champion, in his sixth full-time season in the IndyCar Series, won the championship. It was Newgarden's first season as part of Team Penske, and he collected four wins, one pole position, and ten top-five finishes. It was Team Penske's 15th Indy car season championship, and third in four years.

Simon Pagenaud entered the season as the defending IndyCar champion, and finished second in points behind his teammate Newgarden. The 2017 season was the final season for the Honda/Chevy aerokits introduced in 2015, as 2018 saw the introduction of a new spec-aerokit.[1]

All events from 2016 returned to the schedule. In addition, the series returned to Gateway Motorsports Park for the first time since 2003.

Series news

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  • On September 2, 2016, it was announced that Performance Friction Brakes has been selected as a brake rotor and pad supplier package for IndyCar Series starting from 2017 season onwards but Brembo remained as brake caliper until the end of 2017 season.[2]

Confirmed entries

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The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with manufacturer aero kits and Firestone tires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet[3] 4 United States Conor Daly[4] All
14 Colombia Carlos Muñoz[4] All
40 United States Zach Veach  R [5] 6
Andretti Autosport Honda[6] 26 Japan Takuma Sato[7] All
27 United States Marco Andretti[8] All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[9] All
McLaren-Honda-Andretti[10] 29 Spain Fernando Alonso  R [10] 6
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 98 United States Alexander Rossi[11] All
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda[12] 8 United Kingdom Max Chilton[13] All
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[14] All
10 Brazil Tony Kanaan[15] All
83 United States Charlie Kimball[16] All
Dale Coyne Racing Honda[6] 18 France Sébastien Bourdais[17] 1–6, 15–17
Australia James Davison[18]  R [N 1] 6
Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez  R [19][20] 7–8, 10–14
France Tristan Vautier[21] 9
19 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones  R [22] All
63 United Kingdom Pippa Mann[23] 6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 24 United States Sage Karam[24] 6
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Spencer Pigot[25] 1–3, 5, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 16–17
United States Ed Carpenter[14] 4, 6, 9, 11, 14–15
21 United States J. R. Hildebrand[26] 1–2, 4–17
United States Zach Veach  R [27] 3
Harding Racing Chevrolet 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves[28] 6, 9, 14
Juncos Racing[29] Chevrolet 11 United States Spencer Pigot[30] 6
17 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[31] 6
Lazier Partners Racing[32] Chevrolet 44 United States Buddy Lazier[32] 6
Michael Shank Racing with Andretti Autosport[33] Honda 50 United Kingdom Jack Harvey  R [34] 6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda[6] 13 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo  R [35] 17
15 United States Graham Rahal[14] All
16 Spain Oriol Servià[36] 6–8
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda[6] 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe[14] All
7 Russia Mikhail Aleshin[37][N 2] 1–11, 13
Colombia Sebastián Saavedra[38] 12, 14–15
United Kingdom Jack Harvey  R [39] 16–17
77 United Kingdom Jay Howard[40] 6
Team Penske Chevrolet 1 France Simon Pagenaud[41][42] All
2 United States Josef Newgarden[41][43] All
3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves[41] All
12 Australia Will Power[41] All
22 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[44] 5–6

Team changes

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  • Chip Ganassi Racing announced their discount retail giants sponsor Target, effective from the 2017 IndyCar season, has discontinued sponsorship after 27 straight years of direct participation.[45][46] The team also announced on October 7, 2016 that they would be returning to Honda in a multi-year deal and thus discontinuing Chevrolet partnership. Ganassi had previously worked with Honda in 1996–99 (CART) and 2006–13 (IndyCar Series), when Jimmy Vasser, Alessandro Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti won the CART and IndyCar title.
  • Larry Foyt, president of A. J. Foyt Enterprises, confirmed on October 13 that the team is switching manufacturers from Honda to Chevrolet, with the formal announcement on January 17.[3]
  • KV Racing Technology will not race in 2017 due to Kevin Kalkhoven and James Sullivan withdrawing funding from the team.[47] The team had been in negotiations with Carlin to sell their remaining equipment, but attempts to secure Indy Lights champion Ed Jones and Mikhail Aleshin fell through.
  • On February 21, Juncos Racing confirmed[29] it would field an entry for the 101st Indy 500 with support from Kevin Kalkhoven, following purchase of three cars and equipment from KV Racing Technology.[48] The team entered two cars into the 101st Indy 500,[49] opting to postpone the announcement of their drivers and engine partner until later.[50] On May 9, the team announced that the first of their two entries would be driven by Spencer Pigot.[30] Pigot had previously driven for the team in Indy Lights. On May 10, the team announced that Sebastián Saavedra would drive in the second car.[31]
  • On April 10, Harding Racing confirmed it would field an entry for the 101st Indy 500, driven by Gabby Chaves.[28] On May 20, the team announced that it would also race at Texas Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway in preparation for a possible full-season entry for 2018.[51]

Driver changes

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Schedule

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All races were held in the United States, except the Toronto round.

Rd. Date Race Name Track City
1 March 12 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 April 9 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
3 April 23 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4 April 29 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix  O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
5 May 13 IndyCar Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 28 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
7 June 3 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
8 June 4
9 June 10 Rainguard Water Sealers 600  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
10 June 25 Kohler Grand Prix  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11 July 9 Iowa Corn 300  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
12 July 16 Honda Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Canada Toronto, Ontario
13 July 30 Honda Indy 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14 August 20 ABC Supply 500  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
15 August 26 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Valvoline  O  Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
16 September 3 Grand Prix at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
17 September 17 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course

All 16 races from 2016 returned. Gateway Motorsports Park returns to the schedule for the first time since 2003. The only other schedule change is the move of the race at Phoenix from the first weekend in April to the last weekend in April to avoid a conflict with the Final Four being held in nearby Glendale, Arizona. The Long Beach race was the second race of the season as opposed to being the third race of the season in 2016.

The Grand Prix of Indianapolis was rebranded as the IndyCar Grand Prix for the 2017 running of the event following an announcement that Angie's List would no longer sponsor the event.[60]

Results

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Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winners Report
Driver Team Manufacturer
1 St. Petersburg Australia Will Power New Zealand Scott Dixon France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing Honda Report
2 Long Beach Brazil Hélio Castroneves Brazil Hélio Castroneves New Zealand Scott Dixon Canada James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda Report
3 Birmingham Australia Will Power Australia Will Power Australia Will Power United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
4 Phoenix Brazil Hélio Castroneves Australia Will Power France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
5 Indianapolis GP Australia Will Power United States Josef Newgarden Australia Will Power Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
6 Indianapolis 500 New Zealand Scott Dixon Japan Takuma Sato United Kingdom Max Chilton Japan Takuma Sato Andretti Autosport Honda Report
7 Detroit 1 United States Graham Rahal[N 3] United States Josef Newgarden United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Report
8 Detroit 2 Japan Takuma Sato[N 4] United States Josef Newgarden United States Graham Rahal United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
9 Texas United States Charlie Kimball Brazil Tony Kanaan Australia Will Power Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
10 Road America Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Josef Newgarden New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Report
11 Iowa Australia Will Power Brazil Hélio Castroneves Brazil Hélio Castroneves Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet Report
12 Toronto France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
13 Mid-Ohio Australia Will Power United States Alexander Rossi United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
14 Pocono Japan Takuma Sato Brazil Tony Kanaan New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
15 Gateway Australia Will Power United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet Report
16 Watkins Glen United States Alexander Rossi France Sébastien Bourdais United States Alexander Rossi United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian Honda Report
17 Sonoma United States Josef Newgarden France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report

Points standings

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  • 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.

Driver standings

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  • 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. At double header races, the fastest qualifier of each qualifying group earns one championship point.[61]
  • Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engines reach their required distance run will result in the loss of ten points.
    • NOTE: The distance run will be based on the total distance raced by that entrant with the engine in question, regardless of driver.
Pos Driver STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGI SNM Pts
1 United States Josef Newgarden 8 3 1 9 11 1922 4 2 13 2 6 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 642
2 France Simon Pagenaud 2 5 3 1* 4 1423 16 5 3 4 7 5 4 4 3 9 1* 629
3 New Zealand Scott Dixon 3 4* 2 5 2 321 2 6 9 1* 8 10 9 6* 2 2 4 621
4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 6 9 4 4 5 219 7 9 20 3 1* 8 7 7 4 4 5 598
5 Australia Will Power 19 13 14* 2 1* 239 18 3 1* 5 4 21 2 1 20 6 3 562
6 United States Graham Rahal 17 10 13 21 6 1214 1* 1* 4 8 5 9 3 9 12 5 6 522
7 United States Alexander Rossi 11 19 5 15 8 73 5 7 22 13 11 2 6 3 6 1* 21 494
8 Japan Takuma Sato 5 18 9 16 12 14 8 4 10 19 16 16 5 13 19 19 20 441
9 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 4 17 11 13 3 2710 13 17 19 14 3 6 8 8 15 3 8 421
10 Brazil Tony Kanaan 12 15 7 6 20 57 15 10 2 21 9 19 16 5 16 20 16 403
11 United Kingdom Max Chilton 16 14 12 20 7 4*15 11 15 8 9 14 7 15 18 17 8 12 396
12 United States Marco Andretti 7 20 21 18 16 88 12 13 6 18 17 4 12 11 14 16 7 388
13 Canada James Hinchcliffe 9 1 6 12 13 2217 3 20 14 20 10 3 11 20 8 21 22 376
14 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones  RY  10 6 16 11 19 311 9 22 17 7 18 20 21 17 13 13 19 354
15 United States J. R. Hildebrand 13 11 3 14 166 17 18 12 16 2 13 17 19 18 15 14 347
16 Colombia Carlos Muñoz 21 7 17 10 15 1024 14 11 18 11 20 15 18 10 9 10 15 328
17 United States Charlie Kimball 18 21 15 8 21 2516 21 8 21 6 15 12 13 16 7 7 11 327
18 United States Conor Daly 15 16 18 14 17 3026 22 12 7 15 19 17 10 14 5 11 10 305
19 Russia Mikhail Aleshin 14 12 10 17 18 1313 6 16 15 10 21 14 237
20 United States Spencer Pigot 20 8 20 9 1829 10 21 12 18 19 12 13 218
21 France Sébastien Bourdais 1* 2 8 19 22 Wth 10 17 9 214
22 United States Ed Carpenter 7 112 11 12 12 21 169
23 Colombia Gabby Chaves 925 5 15 98
24 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 10 618 93
25 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez  R  19 14 17 13 14 20 22 91
26 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra 1531 11 21 11 80
27 Spain Oriol Servià 2112 20 19 61
28 United Kingdom Jack Harvey  R  3127 14 18 57
29 Spain Fernando Alonso  R  245 47
30 United Kingdom Pippa Mann 1728 32
31 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo  R  17 26
32 United Kingdom Jay Howard 3320 24
33 United States Zach Veach  R  19 2632 23
34 United States Sage Karam 2821 23
35 Australia James Davison 2033 21
36 France Tristan Vautier 16 15
37 United States Buddy Lazier 2930 14
Pos Driver STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGI 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.
1–33 Indy 500 qualifying results,
with points as follows:
42 points for 1st
40 points for 2nd
and so on down to
1 point for 33rd.
c Qualifying canceled
no bonus point awarded
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Entrant standings

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  • Based on the entrant, used for oval qualifications order, and starting grids when qualifying is cancelled.
  • Only full-time entrants, and at-large part-time entrants shown.
Pos Driver STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGI SNM Pts
1 #2 Team Penske 8 3 1 9 11 1922 4 2 13 2 6 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 642
2 #1 Team Penske 2 5 3 1* 4 1423 16 5 3 4 7 5 4 4 3 9 1* 629
3 #9 Chip Ganassi Racing 3 4* 2 5 2 321 2 6 9 1* 8 10 9 6* 2 2 4 621
4 #3 Team Penske 6 9 4 4 5 219 7 9 20 3 1* 8 7 7 4 4 5 598
5 #12 Team Penske 19 13 14* 2 1* 239 18 3 1* 5 4 21 2 1 20 6 3 562
6 #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 17 10 13 21 6 1214 1* 1* 4 8 5 9 3 9 12 5 6 522
7 #98 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 11 19 5 15 8 73 5 7 22 13 11 2 6 3 6 1* 21 494
8 #26 Andretti Autosport 5 18 9 16 12 14 8 4 10 19 16 16 5 13 19 19 20 441
9 #28 Andretti Autosport 4 17 11 13 3 2710 13 17 19 14 3 6 8 8 15 3 8 421
10 #10 Chip Ganassi Racing 12 15 7 6 20 57 15 10 2 21 9 19 16 5 16 20 16 403
11 #8 Chip Ganassi Racing 16 14 12 20 7 4*15 11 15 8 9 14 7 15 18 17 8 12 396
12 #27 Andretti Autosport with Yorrow 7 20 21 18 16 88 12 13 6 18 17 4 12 11 14 16 7 388
13 #5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 9 1 6 12 13 2217 3 20 14 20 10 3 11 20 8 21 22 376
14 #21 Ed Carpenter Racing 13 11 19 3 14 166 17 18 12 16 2 13 17 19 18 15 14 358
15 #20 Ed Carpenter Racing 20 8 20 7 9 112 10 21 11 12 12 18 19 12 21 12 13 358
16 #19 Dale Coyne Racing 10 6 16 11 19 311 9 22 17 7 18 20 21 17 13 13 19 354
17 #18 Dale Coyne Racing 1* 2 8 19 22 2033 19 14 16 17 13 14 20 22 10 17 9 341
18 #14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 21 7 17 10 15 1024 14 11 18 11 20 15 18 10 9 10 15 328
19 #83 Chip Ganassi Racing 18 21 15 8 21 2516 21 8 21 6 15 12 13 16 7 7 11 327
20 #7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 14 12 10 17 18 1313 6 16 15 10 21 11 14 21 11 14 18 310
21 #4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 15 16 18 14 17 3026 22 12 7 15 19 17 10 14 5 11 10 305
Pos Driver STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGI SNM Pts

Manufacturer standings

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Pos Manufacturer STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGI SNM Bonus Points
1 Chevrolet 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 70 1489
6 5 3 2 4 10 7 3 3 3 2 5 2 2 3 6 2
69 66 91* 96* 88* 61 58 75 90* 76 96* 86* 96* 95 91* 60 186*
2 Honda 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 85 1326
3 2 5 6 3 3 2 4 4 6 5 3 5 5 6 2 6
90* 95* 70 58 75 92* 96* 88* 73 83* 65 75 65 66* 68 96* 120
  • All manufacturer points (including qualifying points, race finish points, and race win bonus points) can only be earned by full-season entrants.[62]
  • The top two finishing entrants from each manufacturer in each race score championship points for their respective manufacturer. The manufacturer that wins each race will be awarded five additional points.
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one point. At the Indy 500, the fastest Saturday qualifier earns one point, while the pole position winner on Sunday earns two 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.
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ James Davison is considered a rookie in the IndyCar Series; however, he was not a rookie in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 as he participated in the Indy 500 in 2014 and 2015.
  2. ^ In Conjunction With Marotti Autosport at indy
  3. ^ The qualification format for this race featured two separate qualification groups, with the fastest qualifier in each group earning a championship point; the faster of the two group fastest qualifiers would then start on pole, while the other would start from the outside of the front row. Rahal set the fastest overall lap, and was awarded the pole position. Hélio Castroneves set the fastest lap in the other qualifying group, and was also awarded a championship point.
  4. ^ The qualification format for this race featured two separate qualification groups, with the fastest qualifier in each group earning a championship point; the faster of the two group fastest qualifiers would then start on pole, while the other would start from the outside of the front row. Sato set the fastest overall lap, and was awarded the pole position. Ryan Hunter-Reay set the fastest lap in the other qualifying group, and was also awarded a championship point.

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