IndyCar Series 2018

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The Verizon IndyCar Series 2018 was the 23rd season of the American IndyCar Series and the 107th season in American monoposto racing.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the DW12 chassis and Firestone tires .

team No. driver engine event
United StatesUnited States Team Penske 01 United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden Chevrolet 1-17
03 BrazilBrazil Helio Castroneves 5, 6
12 AustraliaAustralia Will power 1-17
22nd FranceFrance Simon Pagenaud 1-17
United StatesUnited States Chip Ganassi Racing 09 New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Honda 1-17
10 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Ed Jones 1-17
United StatesUnited States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 15th United StatesUnited States Graham Rahal Honda 1-17
30th JapanJapan Takuma Satō 1-17
United StatesUnited States Scuderia Corsa with RLL 64 SpainSpain Oriol Servià 6th
United StatesUnited States Andretti Autosport 25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stefan Wilson Honda 6th
26th United StatesUnited States Zach Veach 1-17
27 United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi 1-17
28 United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1-17
29 ColombiaColombia Carlos Muñoz 6th
United StatesUnited States Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian 98 United StatesUnited States Marco Andretti 1-17
United StatesUnited States Ed Carpenter Racing 13 United StatesUnited States Danica Patrick Chevrolet 6th
20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jordan King 1, 3–5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17
United StatesUnited States Ed Carpenter 2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15
21st United StatesUnited States Spencer Pigot 1-17
United StatesUnited States Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 05 CanadaCanada James Hinchcliffe Honda 1-17
06th CanadaCanada Robert Wickens 1-14
ColombiaColombia Carlos Muñoz 16, 17
United StatesUnited States SPM / AFS Racing 07th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jay Howard 6th
United StatesUnited States Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson 60 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Harvey 1
United StatesUnited States Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson 3, 6, 13, 16, 17
United StatesUnited States Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing 17th United StatesUnited States Conor Daly Honda 6th
United StatesUnited States Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 18th FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais 1-17
United StatesUnited States Dale Coyne Racing 19th CanadaCanada Zachary Claman DeMelo 1, 3-6, 9-12
BrazilBrazil Pietro Fittipaldi 2, 13-17
United StatesUnited States Santino Ferrucci 7, 8
39 16, 17
63 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pippa man 6th
United StatesUnited States AJ Foyt Enterprises 04th BrazilBrazil Matheus Leist Chevrolet 1-17
14th BrazilBrazil Tony Kanaan 1-17
United StatesUnited States Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi 33 AustraliaAustralia James Davison 6th
United StatesUnited States Harding Racing 08th MexicoMexico Patricio O'Ward Chevrolet 17th
88 ColombiaColombia Gabby Chaves 1-11, 15, 16
United StatesUnited States Conor Daly 12-14
United StatesUnited States Colton Herta 17th
United StatesUnited States Juncos Racing 32 AustriaAustria René Binder Chevrolet 1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13
United StatesUnited States Kyle Kaiser 2, 3, 5, 6
MexicoMexico Alfonso Celis Jr. 10, 16
United StatesUnited States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 24 United StatesUnited States Say Karam Chevrolet 6th
66 United StatesUnited States JR Hildebrand 6th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Carlin 23 United StatesUnited States Charlie Kimball Chevrolet 1-17
59 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Max Chilton 1-17

Racing calendar

The IndyCar Series racing calendar comprised 17 races on 16 racetracks. Compared to last year, the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen in Watkins Glen has been replaced by the Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway .

No. date Event
(racetrack)
First Second Third Pole position Fastest lap Most lead laps
01. March 11 United StatesUnited States Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
( Saint Petersburg ) ( T )
FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Graham Rahal
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
02. 07th of April United StatesUnited States Phoenix Grand Prix
( Avondale ) ( O )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais
( Dallara - Honda )
FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
03. April 15th United StatesUnited States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
( Long Beach ) ( T )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Ed Jones
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
04th April 22 United StatesUnited States Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
( Birmingham ) ( P )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
CanadaCanada James Hinchcliffe
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
CanadaCanada Zachary Claman DeMelo
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
05. 12th of May United StatesUnited States IndyCar Grand Prix
( Indianapolis ) ( P )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
06th May 27th United StatesUnited States Indianapolis 500
( Indianapolis ) ( O )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Ed Carpenter
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ed Carpenter
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
BrazilBrazil Hélio Castroneves
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Ed Carpenter
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
07th 02th of June United StatesUnited States Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix
( Detroit ) ( T )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Marco Andretti
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
08th. 03rd of June United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Ed Jones
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
09. 0June 9th United StatesUnited States DXC Technology 600
( Fort Worth ) ( O )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
FranceFrance Simon Pagenaud
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
10. June 24th United StatesUnited States Kohler Grand Prix
( Elkhart Lake ) ( P )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Zach Veach
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
11. 08th of July United StatesUnited States Iowa Corn 300
( Newtons ) ( O )
CanadaCanada James Hinchcliffe
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Spencer Pigot
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
JapanJapan Takuma Satō
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
12. 15th of July CanadaCanada Honda Indy Toronto
( Toronto ) ( T )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
FranceFrance Simon Pagenaud
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Josef Newgarden
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
13. 29th of July United StatesUnited States Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
( Lexington ) ( P )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
CanadaCanada Robert Wickens
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
14th August 19th United StatesUnited States ABC Supply 500
( Long Pond ) ( O )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
15th August 25 United StatesUnited States Bommarito Automotive Group 500
( Madison ) ( O )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
16. 0September 2nd United StatesUnited States Grand Prix of Portland
( Portland International Raceway ) ( P )
JapanJapan Takuma Satō
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
ColombiaColombia Carlos Muñoz
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Alexander Rossi
( Dallara - Honda )
17th 16th September United StatesUnited States Grand Prix of Sonoma
( Sonoma ) ( P )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
AustraliaAustralia Will Power
( Dallara - Chevrolet )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )
New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon
( Dallara - Honda )
United StatesUnited States Ryan Hunter-Reay
( Dallara - Honda )

Ratings

Point system

The points were 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
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
Indianapolis 500 & Season Finale 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 9 8th 7th 6th 5 4th 3 2 1 0

There was also one extra point for pole position and two extra points for the driver who had led the race most of the laps. All drivers with at least one lead lap also received one point.

Driver ranking

Item driver STP
United StatesUnited States
PHO
United StatesUnited States
LBH
United StatesUnited States
ALA
United StatesUnited States
IMS
United StatesUnited States
INDY
United StatesUnited States
DET
United StatesUnited States
TXS
United StatesUnited States
ROA
United StatesUnited States
IOW
United StatesUnited States
GOAL
CanadaCanada
MDO
United StatesUnited States
POC
United StatesUnited States
GAT
United StatesUnited States
POR
United StatesUnited States
SNM
United StatesUnited States
Points
Q R. R1 R2
01 New ZealandNew Zealand S. Dixon 6th 4th 11 6th 2 9 3 1* 4th 1* 3 ° 12 1* 5 3 ° 3 * 5 2 678
02 United StatesUnited States A. Rossi 3 ° 3 ° 1* 11 5 ° 32 4 ° 3 12 * 3 ° 16 9 8th 1* 1* 2 ° 8th* 7th 621
03 AustraliaAustralia W. Power 10 22 * 2 ° 21st 1* 3 1 ° 7th 2 18th 23 6 ° 18 ° 3 ° 2 ° 1 ° 21 ° 3 ° 582
04th United StatesUnited States R. Hunter-Reay 5 ° 5 ° 20 ° 2 18th 14th 5 ° 2 ° 1 ° 5 2 19th 16 7th 18th 20th 2 ° 1* 566
05 United StatesUnited States J. Newgarden 7th 1 ° 7 ° 1* 11 ° 4th 8 ° 9 15th 13 ° 1* 4 * 9 ° 4th 5 7th 10 ° 8 ° 560
06th FranceFrance S. Pagenaud 13 10 ° 24 9 8th 2 6 ° 17th 10 2 ° 7th 8th 2 ° 8th 8th 4th 6th 4th 492
07th FranceFrance S. Bourdais 1 ° 13 ° 13 ° 5 ° 4 ° 5 28 ° 13 21st 8th 13 11 19th 6th 4th 21st 3 6th 425
08th United StatesUnited States G. Rahal 2 9 ° 5 7th 9 ° 30th 10 ° 23 ° 5 6 ° 6th 7th 21st 9 14th 10 23 23 392
09 United StatesUnited States M. Andretti 9 12 6th 10 13 12 12 4 ° 9 14th 11 16 10 11 7th 14th 25th 5 392
10 CanadaCanada J. Hinchcliffe 4th 6 ° 9 3 7th 34 DNQ 11 16 4th 10 1 ° 4th 14th 20th 15th 22nd 15th 391
11 CanadaCanada R. Wickens 18 * 2 ° 22nd 4th 3 ° 18th 9 ° 8th 6 ° 19 ° 5 5 3 2 ° 19th INJ INJ INJ 391
12 JapanJapan T. Satō 12 11 21st 8th 10 16 32 5 17th 7th 4th 3 ° 22nd 17th 21st 9 ° 1 ° 25th 351
13 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates E. Jones 8th 20th 3 20th 22nd 29 31 6th 3 9 ° 9 13 12 15th 12 8th 24 10 343
14th United StatesUnited States S. Pigot 15th 14th 15th 15th 15th 6th 20 ° 10 23 11 8th 2 20 ° 13 16 6th 4th 24 325
15th United StatesUnited States Z. Veach 16 16 4th 13 23 25th 23 12 13 16 22nd 20th 7th 10 6th 5 ° 19th 14th 313
16 BrazilBrazil T. Canaan 11 8th 8th 18th 14th 10 25 ° 14th 7th 21st 14th 17th 6 ° 18th 17th 13 11 12 312
17th United StatesUnited States C. Kimball 20th 17th 10 23 20th 15th 18th 19th 8th 10 18th 14th 5 ° 16 9 19th 7th 22nd 287
18th BrazilBrazil M. Leist 24 19th 14th 12 21st 11 13 15th 14th 22nd 15th 22nd 15th 19th 11 16 14th 19th 253
19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom M. Chilton 19th 18th 17th 22nd 16 20th 22nd 20th 11 12 17th 15th 23 24 13 17th 18 ° 21st 223
20th United StatesUnited States E. Carpenter 7th 1 2 * 20th 10 10 ° 12 187
21st ColombiaColombia G. Chaves 14th 15th 19th 17th 17th 22nd 14th 18th 19th 15th 19th 21st 18th 13 187
22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. King 21 ° 18th 14th 24 16 18th 12 11 ° 12 15th 13 175
23 CanadaCanada Z. DeMelo 17th 23 19th 12 13 19 ° 17th 21st 18th 14th 122
24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Harvey 23 12 31 16 20th 16 17th 103
25th ColombiaColombia C. Muñoz 21st 7 ° 12 18th 95
26th BrazilBrazil P. Fittipaldi 23 INJ INJ INJ INJ 23 22nd 11 9 16 91
27 United StatesUnited States S. Ferrucci 22nd 20th 20th 11 66
28 AustriaAustria R. Binder 22nd 16 21st 22nd 17th 21st 61
29 United StatesUnited States C. Daly 33 21st 13 22nd 15th 58
30th United StatesUnited States K. Kaiser 21st 16 19 ° 17th 29 45
31 MexicoMexico P. O'Ward 9 44
32 BrazilBrazil H. Castroneves 6th 8th 27 40
33 United StatesUnited States J. Hildebrand 27 11 38
34 United KingdomUnited Kingdom S. Wilson 23 15 ° 31
35 SpainSpain O. Servia 26th 17 ° 27
36 MexicoMexico A. Celis 20th 17th 23
37 United StatesUnited States C. Herta 20th 20th
38 United StatesUnited States D. Patrick 7th 30th 13
39 United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Howard 28 24 12
40 AustraliaAustralia J. Davison 19th 33 10
41 United StatesUnited States S. Karam 24 26th 10
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom P. Mann 35 DNQ 0
Item driver STP
United StatesUnited States
PHO
United StatesUnited States
LBH
United StatesUnited States
ALA
United StatesUnited States
IMS
United StatesUnited States
INDY
United StatesUnited States
DET
United StatesUnited States
TXS
United StatesUnited States
ROA
United StatesUnited States
IOW
United StatesUnited States
GOAL
CanadaCanada
MDO
United StatesUnited States
POC
United StatesUnited States
GAT
United StatesUnited States
POR
United StatesUnited States
SNM
United StatesUnited States
Points
colour meaning
gold winner
silver 2nd place
bronze 3rd place
green 4th and 5th place
Light Blue 6th to 10th place
Dark blue Race ended (outside of the first ten pilots)
violet Race not finished
red not qualified (DNQ)
black disqualified (DSQ)
White not at the start (DNS)
withdrawn (WD)
Race canceled (C)
Blank not participated
did not appear (DNA)
injured or sick (INJ)
excluded (EX)
Further notation
fat Pole position
(1 point)
Italic Fastest race lap
* Most lead laps
(2 points + 1 point)
° At least one lead lap
(1 point)
Rookie of the Year
Rookie
Qualifying for the Indianapolis 500:
colour meaning
gold 1st place
silver 2nd place
bronze 3rd place
green 4th and 5th place
Light Blue 6th to 9th place
Dark blue 10th to 33rd place
red not qualified
  • Scott Dixon received bonus points as runner-up in qualifying for the first race and Robert Wickens as runner-up in qualifying for the second race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

Individual evidence

  1. Schedule. indycar.com, accessed March 14, 2018 .

Web links