IndyCar Series 2014
The Verizon IndyCar Series 2014 was the 19th season of the American IndyCar Series and the 103rd season in American monoposto racing.
Rule changes
Sporting changes
The point system has been adjusted once more. For the three races of the Triple Crown , which are the only races to cover a distance of 500 miles, double points are awarded. The scoring scheme and the format for qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 have also been revised. This means that the oval races, the number of which has declined over the years, are again given greater weight this season.
Penal transfers for premature engine changes have been abolished. If an engine reaches the planned mileage of 2,500 miles, the manufacturer receives ten bonus points in the manufacturer's ranking. If the minimum mileage is not achieved, ten points are deducted from the manufacturer's rating. The manufacturer rating has been adapted to the driver rating system. If a team orders the engine change, ten points will be deducted from the driver concerned and the team. In this case the vehicle is moved to the end of the starting field. The Indianapolis 500 is an exception. Starting place penalties for this race will only be applied in the following race.
Name change
After apparel company Izod ceased title sponsorship of the series, telecommunications company Verizon Communications took over the position. The series has been called the Verizon IndyCar Series since 2014 .
Teams and drivers
All teams use the DW12 chassis, Dallara aero kits and Firestone tires .
Changes in the drivers
The following list contains all drivers who took part in the IndyCar Series 2013 and who did not start for the same team in the 2014 season as in 2013.
Drivers who have changed their team:
- Townsend Bell : Panther Racing → KVSH Racing
- Sébastien Bourdais : Dragon Racing → KVSH Racing
- Ryan Briscoe : Panther Racing → NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing
- Mike Conway : Dale Coyne Racing → Ed Carpenter Racing
- James Davison : Dale Coyne Racing → KVSH Racing
- Luca Filippi : Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian → Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
- JR Hildebrand : Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian → Ed Carpenter Racing
- Tony Kanaan : KV Racing Technology → Target Chip Ganassi Racing
- Sebastian Saavedra : Dragon Racing → KV AFS Racing
- Oriol Servià : Panther Racing → Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
- Alex Tagliani : Target Chip Ganassi Racing → Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Drivers entering or returning to the IndyCar Series:
- Mikhail Aleshin : Formula Renault 3.5 ( Tech 1 Racing ) → Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
- Kurt Busch : NASCAR Sprint Cup ( Furniture Row Racing ) → Andretti Autosport
- Jack Hawksworth : Indy Lights (Schmidt Peterson c / w Curb-Agajanian) → BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian
- Carlos Huertas : Formula Renault 3.5 ( Carlin ) → Dale Coyne Racing
- Sage Karam : Indy Lights Schmidt Peterson c / w Curb-Agajanian → Dreyer and Reinbold - Kingdom Racing
- Franck Montagny : Time out → Andretti Autosport
- Juan Pablo Montoya : NASCAR Sprint Cup ( Earnhardt Ganassi Racing ) → Penske Motorsports
- Martin Plowman : FIA World Endurance Championship ( OAK Racing ) → AJ Foyt Enterprises
- Jacques Villeneuve : NASCAR Sprint Cup ( Phoenix Racing ) → Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Drivers who have left the IndyCar Series:
- AJ Allmendinger : Team Penske → NASCAR Sprint Cup ( JTG Daugherty Racing )
- Dario Franchitti : Target Chip Ganassi Racing → End of career
- Katherine Legge : Schmidt Peterson Motorsports → United SportsCar Championship ( DeltaWing Racing Cars )
- Lucas Luhr : RW Motorsport / SFHR → United SportsCar Championship ( Muscle Milk Pickett Racing )
- Tristan Vautier : Schmidt Peterson Motorsports → United SportsCar Championship ( SpeedSource Race Engineering )
Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2014:
Racing calendar
The IndyCar Series racing calendar was published on October 17, 2013 and includes 18 races on 15 racetracks.
The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle and the Grand Prix of Baltimore were no longer on the calendar. The Grand Prix of Indianapolis has been added .
- Explanation: O : oval course , T : temporary race track ( street course ), P : permanent race track. Races with a yellow background count towards the Triple Crown
- Remarks
- ↑ Qualifying for the second race of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit was held in two groups. The faster of the two group winners - Takuma Satō - got the pole position, James Hinchcliffe the second place on the grid. Both drivers received a bonus point for the pole setter.
- ↑ Qualifying for the second race of the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston was held in two groups. The faster of the two group winners - Hélio Castroneves - got pole position, Mikhail Aleshin second on the grid. Both drivers received a bonus point for the pole setter.
- ↑ The pole position for the second race of the Honda Indy Toronto was awarded on the basis of the entrant points.
Race reports
1st race: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Will power
|
 Team Penske
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2: 06: 57.6288 |
| 2 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Andretti Autosport
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+ 1.9475 |
| 3 |
 Helio Castroneves
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Team Penske
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+ 7.8716 |
| PP |
 Takuma Satō
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AJ Foyt Enterprises
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1: 01.8686 |
| SR |
Will power
|
Team Penske
|
1: 02.3404 |
- Track type: temporary race track ( street circuit )
The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in the Streets of St. Petersburg , Saint Petersburg , Florida , United States took place on March 30, 2013 and went over a distance of 110 laps of 2.897 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 318.650 km.
Will Power won the race ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay and Hélio Castroneves .
2nd race: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Mike Conway
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Ed Carpenter Racing
|
1: 54: 41.6418 |
| 2 |
Will power
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Team Penske
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+ 0.9005 |
| 3 |
 Carlos Muñoz
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Andretti - HVM
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+ 1.5591 |
| PP |
Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Andretti Autosport
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1: 07.8219 |
| SR |
Helio Castroneves
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Team Penske
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1: 09.0691 |
- Track type: temporary race track ( street circuit )
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach at the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit , Long Beach , California , United States took place on April 13, 2014 and covered a distance of 80 laps of 3.167 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 253.375 km.
Mike Conway won the race ahead of Will Power and Carlos Muñoz .
In the second half of the race there was a pile-up in which the previously dominant drivers James Hinchcliffe , Ryan Hunter-Reay and Josef Newgarden were eliminated.
3rd race: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Andretti Autosport
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1: 40: 43.3337 |
| 2 |
Marco Andretti
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Andretti Autosport
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+ 1.0364 |
| 3 |
 Scott Dixon
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Target Chip Ganassi Racing
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+1.4286 |
| PP |
Will power
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Team Penske
|
1: 08.3120 |
| SR |
Scott Dixon
|
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
|
1: 09.2995 |
- Track type: permanent race track
The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park , Birmingham , Alabama , United States took place on April 27, 2014 and covered a distance of 69 laps of 3.701 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 255.413 km.
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the race ahead of Marco Andretti and Scott Dixon .
The race distance from originally 90 laps was reduced to 100 minutes due to strong thunderstorms.
Ratings
Point system
The points are awarded according to the following scheme:
| position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 32 | 33 |
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| Standard race | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30th | 28 | 26th | 24 | 22nd | 20th | 19th | 18th | 17th | 16 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Triple crown | 100 | 80 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30th | 28 | 26th | 24 | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Indianapolis 500 qualifying | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30th | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26th | 25th | 24 | 23 | 22nd | 21st | 20th | 19th | 18th | 17th | 16 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Indianapolis 500 Top 9 Qualifying | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
There is also one extra point for pole position and two extra points for the driver who has led the race most laps. All drivers with at least one lead lap also receive one point.
Driver ranking
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- Martin Plowman , Oriol Servià , Alex Tagliani and Jacques Villeneuve were deducted 10 points due to an unscheduled engine change on their own initiative.
- Since the second qualifying session in Toronto was canceled, there was no bonus point for pole position.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pete Fink: "Double points for the 500 mile race". Motorsport-Total.com, March 21, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Officially: Verizon new IndyCar title sponsor". Motorsport-Total.com, March 14, 2014, accessed April 16, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Mario Fritzsche: "Fresh blood at Ganassi's: 2014 with Kanaan and Chevy engines". Motorsport-Total.com, October 4, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Briscoe back at Ganassi's: 'A circle closes'". Motorsport-Total.com, December 14, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Pete Fink: "Officially: Montoya drives IndyCars for Penske!" Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2013, accessed on November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink, Dominik Sharaf: "Officially: Villeneuve starts at the Indy 500". Motorsport-Total.com, February 26, 2014, accessed February 27, 2014 .
- ↑ "Mikhail Aleshin to Drive 2nd SPM Car in 2014 IndyCar Season". spmindycar.com, November 22, 2013, accessed November 22, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Marshall Pruett: “INSIGHT: IndyCar silly season update”. Page 2. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, July 26, 2013, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on November 20, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Indy: Montagny drives for Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, April 24, 2014, accessed May 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Lee Spencer: “Kurt Busch set for Indy 500 with Andretti Autosport”. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, March 4, 2014, archived from the original on March 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 4, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Andretti Day: Hinchcliffe stays, Honda is coming". Motorsport-Total.com, October 19, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Hunter-Reay for two more years with Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2012, accessed November 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Munoz did it: regular cockpit at Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, November 20, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Dave Lewandowski: “Notes: Huertas in at Coyne; among 4 rookies in field ". indycar.com, March 27, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Justin Wilson stays with Dale Coyne". Motorsport-Total.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Confirmed: Pippa Mann the first woman in the 98th Indy 500". Motorsport-Total.com, May 2, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "The field is filling up: Bell in the Indy 500 too". Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Indy field full: Davison is number 33". Motorsport-Total.com, May 5, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Bourdais moves to KV Racing". Motorsport-Total.com, October 17, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Saavedra Bourdais team-mate again". Motorsport-Total.com, February 12, 2014, accessed February 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Sarah Fisher gets Tagliani - rumors about Paul Tracy". Motorsport-Total.com, March 14, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Pete Fink: "Carpenter: Conway drives the non-ovals". Motorsport-Total.com, October 15, 2013, accessed November 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Hildebrand drives the Indy 500". Motorsport-Total.com, March 21, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "IndyCar - Sato stays with AJ Foyt Racing". Hunt for the title. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 18, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "IndyCar - Plowman starts twice in Indianapolis". The dream of victory. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 17, 2014, accessed on February 17, 2014 .
- ^ A b Mario Fritzsche: “Hawksworth and Servia secure IndyCar cockpits”. Motorsport-Total.com, March 6, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
- ^ Curt Cavin: "Rahal Letterman Racing adds Luca Filippi for IndyCar Houston race". indystar.com, June 12, 2014, accessed June 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Officially: Karam drives the Indy 500". Motorsport-Total.com, April 29, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "The Indy 500 starting field is growing: Lazier is there too". Motorsport-Total.com, April 10, 2014, accessed May 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "2014 or: The Shortest IndyCar Calendar". Motorsport-Total.com, October 18, 2013, accessed November 21, 2013 .