IndyCar Series 2018

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
Team Penske	01	Josef Newgarden	Chevrolet	1-17
	03	Helio Castroneves		5, 6
	12	Will power		1-17
	22nd	Simon Pagenaud		1-17
Chip Ganassi Racing	09	Scott Dixon	Honda	1-17
	10	Ed Jones		1-17
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15th	Graham Rahal	Honda	1-17
	30th	Takuma Satō		1-17
Scuderia Corsa with RLL	64	Oriol Servià		6th
Andretti Autosport	25th	Stefan Wilson	Honda	6th
	26th	Zach Veach		1-17
	27	Alexander Rossi		1-17
	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay		1-17
	29	Carlos Muñoz		6th
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	98	Marco Andretti		1-17
Ed Carpenter Racing	13	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	6th
	20th	Jordan King		1, 3–5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17
		Ed Carpenter		2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15
	21st	Spencer Pigot		1-17
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	05	James Hinchcliffe	Honda	1-17
	06th	Robert Wickens		1-14
		Carlos Muñoz		16, 17
SPM / AFS Racing	07th	Jay Howard		6th
Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson	60	Jack Harvey		1
Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson				3, 6, 13, 16, 17
Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing	17th	Conor Daly	Honda	6th
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	18th	Sébastien Bourdais		1-17
Dale Coyne Racing	19th	Zachary Claman DeMelo		1, 3-6, 9-12
		Pietro Fittipaldi		2, 13-17
		Santino Ferrucci		7, 8
	39			16, 17
	63	Pippa man		6th
AJ Foyt Enterprises	04th	Matheus Leist	Chevrolet	1-17
	14th	Tony Kanaan		1-17
Foyt with Byrd / Hollinger / Belardi	33	James Davison		6th
Harding Racing	08th	Patricio O'Ward	Chevrolet	17th
	88	Gabby Chaves		1-11, 15, 16
		Conor Daly		12-14
		Colton Herta		17th
Juncos Racing	32	René Binder	Chevrolet	1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13
		Kyle Kaiser		2, 3, 5, 6
		Alfonso Celis Jr.		10, 16
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Say Karam	Chevrolet	6th
	66	JR Hildebrand		6th
Carlin	23	Charlie Kimball	Chevrolet	1-17
	59	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 Compared to last year, the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen in Watkins Glen has been replaced by the Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway .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	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg ( Saint Petersburg ) ( T )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )
02.	07th of April	Phoenix Grand Prix ( Avondale ) ( O )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
03.	April 15th	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach ( Long Beach ) ( T )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ed Jones ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
04th	April 22	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama ( Birmingham ) ( P )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Zachary Claman DeMelo ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
05.	12th of May	IndyCar Grand Prix ( Indianapolis ) ( P )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
06th	May 27th	Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis ) ( O )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ed Carpenter ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Ed Carpenter ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ed Carpenter ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
07th	02th of June	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix ( Detroit ) ( T )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Marco Andretti ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
08th.	03rd of June		Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ed Jones ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
09.	0June 9th	DXC Technology 600 ( Fort Worth ) ( O )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
10.	June 24th	Kohler Grand Prix ( Elkhart Lake ) ( P )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Zach Veach ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
11.	08th of July	Iowa Corn 300 ( Newtons ) ( O )	James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Honda )	Spencer Pigot ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
12.	15th of July	Honda Indy Toronto ( Toronto ) ( T )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )	Josef Newgarden ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
13.	29th of July	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio ( Lexington ) ( P )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Robert Wickens ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
14th	August 19th	ABC Supply 500 ( Long Pond ) ( O )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
15th	August 25	Bommarito Automotive Group 500 ( Madison ) ( O )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )
16.	0September 2nd	Grand Prix of Portland ( Portland International Raceway ) ( P )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Sébastien Bourdais ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Carlos Muñoz ( Dallara - Honda )	Alexander Rossi ( Dallara - Honda )
17th	16th September	Grand Prix of Sonoma ( Sonoma ) ( P )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )

• Explanation: O : oval course , T : temporary race track ( street course ), P : permanent race track.

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 PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC GAT POR SNM Points Q R. R1 R2 01  S. Dixon 6th 4th 11 6th 2 9 3 1* 4th 1* 3 ° 12 1* 5 3 ° 3 * 5 2 678 02  A. Rossi 3 ° 3 ° 1* 11 5 ° 32 4 ° 3 12 * 3 ° 16 9 8th 1* 1* 2 ° 8th* 7th 621 03  W. Power 10 22 * 2 ° 21st 1* 3 1 ° 7th 2 18th 23 6 ° 18 ° 3 ° 2 ° 1 ° 21 ° 3 ° 582 04th  R. Hunter-Reay 5 ° 5 ° 20 ° 2 18th 14th 5 ° 2 ° 1 ° 5 2 19th 16 7th 18th 20th 2 ° 1* 566 05  J. Newgarden 7th 1 ° 7 ° 1* 11 ° 4th 8 ° 9 15th 13 ° 1* 4 * 9 ° 4th 5 7th 10 ° 8 ° 560 06th  S. Pagenaud 13 10 ° 24 9 8th 2 6 ° 17th 10 2 ° 7th 8th 2 ° 8th 8th 4th 6th 4th 492 07th  S. Bourdais 1 ° 13 ° 13 ° 5 ° 4 ° 5 28 ° 13 21st 8th 13 11 19th 6th 4th 21st 3 6th 425 08th  G. Rahal 2 9 ° 5 7th 9 ° 30th 10 ° 23 ° 5 6 ° 6th 7th 21st 9 14th 10 23 23 392 09  M. Andretti 9 12 6th 10 13 12 12 4 ° 9 14th 11 16 10 11 7th 14th 25th 5 392 10  J. Hinchcliffe 4th 6 ° 9 3 7th 34 DNQ 11 16 4th 10 1 ° 4th 14th 20th 15th 22nd 15th 391 11  R. Wickens 18 * 2 ° 22nd 4th 3 ° 18th 9 ° 8th 6 ° 19 ° 5 5 3 2 ° 19th INJ INJ INJ 391 12  T. Satō 12 11 21st 8th 10 16 32 5 17th 7th 4th 3 ° 22nd 17th 21st 9 ° 1 ° 25th 351 13  E. Jones 8th 20th 3 20th 22nd 29 31 6th 3 9 ° 9 13 12 15th 12 8th 24 10 343 14th  S. Pigot 15th 14th 15th 15th 15th 6th 20 ° 10 23 11 8th 2 20 ° 13 16 6th 4th 24 325 15th  Z. Veach 16 16 4th 13 23 25th 23 12 13 16 22nd 20th 7th 10 6th 5 ° 19th 14th 313 16  T. Canaan 11 8th 8th 18th 14th 10 25 ° 14th 7th 21st 14th 17th 6 ° 18th 17th 13 11 12 312 17th  C. Kimball 20th 17th 10 23 20th 15th 18th 19th 8th 10 18th 14th 5 ° 16 9 19th 7th 22nd 287 18th  M. Leist 24 19th 14th 12 21st 11 13 15th 14th 22nd 15th 22nd 15th 19th 11 16 14th 19th 253 19th  M. Chilton 19th 18th 17th 22nd 16 20th 22nd 20th 11 12 17th 15th 23 24 13 17th 18 ° 21st 223 20th  E. Carpenter 7th 1 2 * 20th 10 10 ° 12 187 21st  G. Chaves 14th 15th 19th 17th 17th 22nd 14th 18th 19th 15th 19th 21st 18th 13 187 22nd  J. King 21 ° 18th 14th 24 16 18th 12 11 ° 12 15th 13 175 23  Z. DeMelo 17th 23 19th 12 13 19 ° 17th 21st 18th 14th 122 24  J. Harvey 23 12 31 16 20th 16 17th 103 25th  C. Muñoz 21st 7 ° 12 18th 95 26th  P. Fittipaldi 23 INJ INJ INJ INJ 23 22nd 11 9 16 91 27  S. Ferrucci 22nd 20th 20th 11 66 28  R. Binder 22nd 16 21st 22nd 17th 21st 61 29  C. Daly 33 21st 13 22nd 15th 58 30th  K. Kaiser 21st 16 19 ° 17th 29 45 31  P. O'Ward 9 44 32  H. Castroneves 6th 8th 27 40 33  J. Hildebrand 27 11 38 34  S. Wilson 23 15 ° 31 35  O. Servia 26th 17 ° 27 36  A. Celis 20th 17th 23 37  C. Herta 20th 20th 38  D. Patrick 7th 30th 13 39  J. Howard 28 24 12 40  J. Davison 19th 33 10 41  S. Karam 24 26th 10 -  P. Mann 35 DNQ 0 Item driver STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC GAT POR SNM 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

• Official website of the IndyCar Series