2024 IndyCar Series
The 2024 NTT IndyCar Series will be the 113th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 28th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.
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Season | |
Races | 17 |
Start date | March 10 |
End date | September 15 |
Awards | |
Spanish driver Álex Palou will enter the season as the defending champion, having obtained his second IndyCar title in 2023, while Josef Newgarden will enter the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.
Background and series news
The 2.2-liter engines used in the series are scheduled to have hybrid technology implemented after the original plans to debut a new 2.4-liter hybrid engine formula were scrapped.[1]
Confirmed entries
The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with universal aero kit and Firestone tires.
Preseason
- On January 12, 2023, Arrow McLaren confirmed reports that 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson would drive for the team in the Indianapolis 500, with the entry to be co-owned by Larson's Cup Series car owner Rick Hendrick.[10]
- On August 11, 2023, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed reports that its IMSA driver Tom Blomqvist would drive for its No. 06 entry full-time in 2024, with 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner Hélio Castroneves moving to an Indy-only role for the team, as well as receiving an ownership stake in the team.[22]
- On August 23, 2023, Andretti Autosport confirmed reports that 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson would join the team, departing Chip Ganassi Racing after four seasons. Ganassi stated on social media the same day that it would announce driver updates "in due course".[6]
- On August 31, 2023, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed reports that 2022 Indy Lights champion Linus Lundqvist would join the team on a full-time basis, replacing Ericsson. No car number was confirmed at the time.[11]
- On September 2, 2023, NBC Sports reported that Romain Grosjean told them that he would be departing Andretti Autosport after two seasons with the team.[31]
- On October 4, 2023, Grosjean released a statement confirming his departure from Andretti, and that he has commenced an arbitration proceeding in Indiana against the team, saying that he had expected to continue racing with the team "in the coming years."[32]
- On September 5, 2023, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed reports that Felix Rosenqvist had signed to drive the No. 60 entry in a multi-year deal. Rosenqvist departs Arrow McLaren after three seasons.[23]
- On September 5, 2023, 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud released a statement confirming his departure from Meyer Shank Racing after two seasons, saying that he is focusing on his recovery from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at Mid-Ohio in 2023.[33]
- On September 7, 2023, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed reports that Marcus Armstrong had re-signed with the team on a full-time basis with a multi-year contract, having served as road/street course driver alongside Takuma Sato in 2023.[13]
- On September 8, 2023, Arrow McLaren confirmed reports that David Malukas had signed to drive the No. 6 entry full-time in 2024, departing Dale Coyne Racing after two seasons.[8]
- On September 18, 2023, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that development driver Kyffin Simpson would join the team full time in 2024, expanding the team to 5 cars. At the time of the announcement, no number has been confirmed.[15]
- On October 23, 2023, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Haas F1 Team reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi will drive the team's No. 30 entry full-time in 2024, making his first start in the series since the 2021 season. The same day, RLL confirmed that Jüri Vips, who drove the No. 30 entry in the final two races of 2023, will remain under contract with the team, with the possibility of part-time competition in a fourth entry, testing duties and opportunities in IMSA competition.[26][34]
- On October 25, 2023, Ed Carpenter Racing announced that 2023 Indy NXT champion Christian Rasmussen will drive the team's No. 20 entry on road and street courses in 2024, and in a third entry at the Indiandapolis 500. Team owner/driver Ed Carpenter will compete in all oval races in the No. 20, having driven for the team's third entry for the last two seasons.[18]
- On October 26, 2023, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that they had mutually decided to part ways with driver Callum Ilott after three seasons together.[35]
Preseason
- On September 5, 2023, Andretti Autosport announced a rebrand that would take effect for the 2024 season, with all of its race teams running under the Andretti Global banner.[36]
- On October 3, 2023, Arrow McLaren and Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the formation of a strategic alliance that "may evolve over time," beginning with a "commercial and strategic focus" and "talent development opportunity."[20]
Schedule
The schedule was released on September 25, 2023.[37]
NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.
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Schedule changes
- On August 3, IndyCar announced that the Music City Grand Prix will host the season finale from 2024 onwards. The 2024 race will feature a new layout that runs through Broadway in Downtown Nashville, but still features the Korean War Memorial Bridge.[43] Laguna Seca's date has been moved to June to accommodate this.
- On September 10, it was announced that The Thermal Club will host an exhibition race on March 24, 2024, with the winner earning $1 million. The event will be the first non-point paying event since the 2008 Nikon Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise.[39]
- On September 25, IndyCar released the 2024 schedule. The Texas race, which had been a feature of the schedule from the 1996-97 season, will not return in 2024. Besides Texas, the Gallagher Grand Prix will not return in 2024 thus this removes the IndyCar-NASCAR weekend (where both series raced at the same venue on the same weekend) established back in 2020. Both races were replaced by the Milwaukee Mile Doubleheader.[44]
- The races held at Gateway and Iowa will be night races again.
Points standings
- 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.[45]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th+ |
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Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Driver standings
- At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earns 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).[46] The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualify for the fast 12 session receive points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place.[47]
- Drivers who lead at least one race lap are awarded 1 point.[48] The driver who leads the most laps during a race scores an additional 2 points.[48]
- Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.[49]
See also
- 2024 Indy NXT
- 2024 USF Pro 200 Championship
- 2024 USF2000 Championship
- 2024 USF Juniors
Footnotes
- Technical partnership with Team Penske.
- "Strategic alliance" with Arrow McLaren.
- Technical partnership with Andretti Global.
References
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Foyt's new link with Team Penske has a lot of drivers scrambling to learn more about the opportunity. Santino Ferrucci is believed to be unsigned, which could stay that way as the team fields inquiries about the No. 14 Chevy. Benjamin Pedersen's known to have signed a multi-year deal to drive the No. 55 Chevy, but I keep hearing that he's searching throughout the paddock for something different. Like the fate of Malukas, I can't say exactly where this team will end up on the driver front, but it feels like 100-percent carryover or 100-percent change is possible.
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...Simpson added, before confirming that he is set to race under a Cayman Islands licence next year.
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"We just did Scotty and we're on a long-term contract with Josef right now," Penske told RACER.
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- "Ilott splits with Juncos Hollinger Racing". RACER. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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- NTT IndyCar Series Official Rulebook (PDF). February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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