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TIndyCar he 2023 NTT IndyCar Series could be IndyCar the 112th legitimate championship season of American open wheel racing and the 28th season beneath IndyCar Series sanction. The show off event can be the 2023 Indianapolis 500.Background[edit]
The 2023 season is scheduled to be the final season the use of the current 2.2-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine formula IndyCar that made its IndyCar debut IndyCar within the 2012 season. A IndyCar new 2.four-liter V6 twin-turbocharged hybrid engine components is set to debut inside the series from 2024 onwards.[1]
Will Power will input the collection because the reigning IndyCar drivers’ champion, having received the title on the very last spherical in Laguna Seca with the aid of 16 factors from Josef Newgarden.Series information[edit]
- On May 26, 202IndyCar 2, it turned into announced that Shell Oil Company will update Speedway LLC as an reputable gasoline associate and dealer, with the series making plans to introduce a 100% renewable gas.[2]
Confirmed entries[edit]
The following teams, entries, and drivers had been announced to compete inside the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with conventional aero package and Firestone tires.Full-time[edit]Part-time/Indy 500-best[edit]
- ^ As the reigning collection champion, Power has the right of first refusal to use the No. 1.
R Eligible for Rookie of the YearÁlex Palou contract dispute[edit]
On July 12, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing despatched a press launch saying that they had extended the agreement of Álex Palou for the 2023 IndyCar season by using exercising the option they held on his deal. Included in the press launch turned into a quote attributed to Palou.[32] Hours later, Palou, through a thread on Twitter denounced this press launch, claimed that the quote attributed to him changed into created through the crew (a exercise commonplace among IndyCar groups, in step with RACER.com’s Marshall Pruett[33]) and also no longer permitted by using him. He also said that he had given Chip Ganassi Racing earlier notice that he supposed to depart the team after the 2022 season and be a part of IndyCar McLaren Racing’s roster of drivers.[34] Moments after these tweets, McLaren announced that they had signed Palou to a agreement for 2023, although it changed into now not especially noted if Palou might power for Arrow McLaren SP, McLaren’s IndyCar operation.[34][33] Chip Ganassi Racing spoke back to this by freeing a statement reiterating their claim to Palou’s offerings.[35] On July 27, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing showed they had filed a civil lawsuit in opposition to Palou in Marion County, Indiana.[36] On September 14, 2022, it was introduced that an settlement have been reached by means of all events that would see Palou continue with Chip Ganassi for the 2023 season, and McLaren finally confirmed Felix Rosenqvist would be returning to AMSP.[eleven]Driver modifications[edit]Preseason[edit]
- On June 2, 2022, Arrow McLaren SP confirmed the signing of Alexander Rossi for 2023 in a 3rd entry. He will leave Andretti Autosport after seven years with the crew.[12]
- On June 6, 2022, Andretti Autosport announced that 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood would replace Rossi in the No. 27 access, switching from A.J. Foyt Racing.[6]
- On September 26, 2022, Jimmie Johnson introduced that he would step again from racing on a complete-time basis. Johnson had competed full-time within the 2022 season for Chip Ganassi Racing.[37]
- On September 28, 2022, A. J. Foyt Racing showed the signing of Benjamin Pedersen to a multi-year contract. The Danish-American moves up from Indy Lights in which he completed fifth in the championship with 1 win in 2022.[four]
- On October 6, 2022, A. J. Foyt Racing showed they had signed Santino Ferrucci to drive the No. 14 access.[3] Ferrucci spent 2022 using in races as an injury alternative, the Indianapolis 500 for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, and two NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
- On October eleven, 2022, Dalton Kellett announced that he might not be returning to A. J. Foyt Racing after 3 seasons with the crew. Kellett had met with the crew earlier to discuss strolling 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 access for the group on the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan movements from Chip Ganassi Racing, in which he completed 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 discipline their driver Stefan Wilson in DRR’s No. 24 entry inside the Indianapolis 500.[29] Wilson replaces Sage Karam, who ran the Indy 500 the final seven years for DRR.[39]
- On December 2, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing introduced that they had signed Marcus Armstrong to race the street and street course races in its No. eleven entry. Armstrong movements over from Hitech Grand Prix inside the FIA Formula 2 IndyCar Championship, where he gained three races in 2022. The entry will replace the No. 48 entry driven by way of Johnson. A motive force to race the ovals for the entry remains to-be-confirmed.[sixteen]
Midseason[edit]Team adjustments[edit]Preseason[edit]
- On September 7, 2022, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that they could make bigger to two entries with a to-be-decided driving force within the No. seventy eight.[19]
- On September 20, 2022, Taylor Kiel introduced that he was leaving his position as president of Arrow McLaren SP on his very own volition with instantaneous impact.[40]
- On September 23, 2022, Arrow McLaren SP confirmed they had hired Brian Barnhart in a to-be-defined role. On October 4, the group announced Barnhart’s role could be preferred supervisor, even as also naming Gavin Ward to the position of race director, splitting the responsibilities of former president Kiel. Barnhart departs Andretti Autosport after serving as race strategist for James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi.[nine]
- On November 15, 2022, Chip Ganassi Racing’s dealing with director Mike Hull instructed RACER.com’s Marshall Pruett that the group had hired Taylor Kiel (Hull’s stepson) as group manager, filling a void left by selling Mike O’Gara to run the team’s sports vehicle racing entries.[41]
- On November 23, 2022, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced a motive force switch amongst their Nos. 30 and forty five entries. Christian Lundgaard will power the No. 45 and Jack Harvey the No. 30 with the exchange being completed for sponsorship motives.[24]
Midseason[edit]Schedule[edit]
The agenda turned into launched on September 27, 2022.[42]Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation1March 5[forty three]Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg supplied by way of RP Funding R Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida2April 2[44]Texas Indy 600km O Texas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas3April 16[45]Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach R Streets of Long BeachLong Beach, California4April IndyCar 30Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst R Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama5May 13[46]GMR Grand Prix R Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)Speedway, Indiana6May 28[46]107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 offered with the aid of Gainbridge O Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)7June four[47]Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix supplied by using Lear R Streets of DetroitDetroit, Michigan8June 18Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America supplied by AMR R Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin9July 2Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio offered by using the all new 2023 Civic Type R R Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio10July sixteen[forty eight]Honda Indy Toronto R Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario11July 22Hy-Vee INDYCAR 250 O Iowa SpeedwayNewton, IndyCar Iowa12July 23Hy-Vee INDYCAR 30013August 6[forty nine]Big Machine Music City Grand Prix R Nashville Street IndyCar CircuitNashville, Tennessee14August 12[50]Gallagher Grand Prix R Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)Speedway, Indiana15August 27Bommarito Automotive Group 500 O World Wide Technology RacewayMadison, Illinois16September three[fifty one]Grand Prix of Portland R Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon17September 10[52]Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California
NOTE: Race names are preliminary and difficulty to exchange