2024 IndyCar Series

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] The original plan was to introduce the hybrid powertrain at the start of the season in St. Petersburg, but on December 7, 2023, IndyCar announced a delay to its introduction, until after the Indianapolis 500.^[2]

This is also the final year of IndyCar's current television contract with NBC Sports, which began in 2019 and was extended in 2021.^[3][4]

New race restart procedures were introduced for 2024. On restarts, a new "restart line" was introduced, which drivers must pass before making overtaking attempts. The rule was introduced in response to a large number of incidents in 2023 that occurred from cars attempting to overtake early on race restarts.^[5]

For all oval events, the series mandated new, stronger rear suspension uprights on all cars. The new components were introduced in response to an incident during the 2023 Indianapolis 500 where a rear wheel assembly broke free from a car and was launched over the catch fence meant to contain cars to the race circuit.^[6]

The following teams, entries, and drivers compete in the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)	Ref(s)
Abel Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	TBA	5	[7][8]
A. J. Foyt Racing[N 1]	Chevrolet	14	Santino Ferrucci	All	[9]
		41	Sting Ray Robb	All	[10]
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	26	Colton Herta	All	[11][12]
Andretti Global		27	Kyle Kirkwood	All	[13]
		28	Marcus Ericsson	All	[14]
Andretti Herta with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian		98	Marco Andretti	5	[15]
Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	5	Pato O'Ward	All	[16]
		6	Callum Ilott	1, NC	[17][18]
			Théo Pourchaire  R	2–17	[19][20]
		7	Alexander Rossi	All	[21]
McLaren-Hendrick		17	Kyle Larson  R	5	[22]
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	4	Kyffin Simpson  R	All	[23][24]
		8	Linus Lundqvist  R	All	[25][26]
		9	Scott Dixon	All	[27]
		10	Álex Palou	All	[28][29]
		11	Marcus Armstrong	All	[28]
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	18	Jack Harvey	1–4, 6–11, 13–17	[30][31]
			Nolan Siegel  R	5, 12, NC	[30][31]
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing		51		2
			Colin Braun  R	1, NC	[30]
			Luca Ghiotto  R	3–4	[32]
			Katherine Legge	5	[33]
			TBA	6–17	[30]
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet	23	Ryan Hunter-Reay	5	[34]
		24	Conor Daly	5	[34]
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	33	Christian Rasmussen  R	5	[35][36]
		20		1–4, 6–9, 12, 14, NC
			Ed Carpenter	5, 10–11, 13, 15–17	[35]
		21	Rinus VeeKay	All	[37]
Juncos Hollinger Racing[N 2]	Chevrolet	77	Romain Grosjean	All	[38]
		78	Agustín Canapino	All	[39]
Meyer Shank Racing[N 3]	Honda	06	Hélio Castroneves	5	[40]
		60	Felix Rosenqvist	All	[41]
		66	Tom Blomqvist  R	All	[40]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	All	[42]
		30	Pietro Fittipaldi	All	[43][44]
		45	Christian Lundgaard	All	[45]
		75	Takuma Sato	5	[46]
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Josef Newgarden	All	[47]
		3	Scott McLaughlin	All	[48]
		12	Will Power	All	[49]

Driver changes

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.^[22]
• On August 11, 2023, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed reports that its IMSA driver Tom Blomqvist would drive for its No. 66 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.^[40]
• 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, replacing Romain Grosjean. Ganassi stated on social media the same day that it would announce driver updates "in due course".^[14] 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, ultimately replacing Ericsson in the No. 8 car.^[25][26]
• 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.^[50]
  • 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."^[51]
• 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 departed Arrow McLaren after three seasons.^[41]
• 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 would be focusing on his recovery from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at Mid-Ohio in 2023.^[52]
• 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.^[28]
• 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.^[53]
• 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.^[23]
• On October 23, 2023, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Haas F1 Team reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi would 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, would remain under contract with the team, with the possibility of part-time competition in a fourth entry, testing duties and opportunities in IMSA competition.^[44][54]
• On October 25, 2023, Ed Carpenter Racing announced that 2023 Indy NXT champion Christian Rasmussen would drive the team's No. 20 entry on road and street courses in 2024, and in a third entry at the Indianapolis 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.^[36]
• On October 26, 2023, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that they had mutually decided to part ways with driver Callum Ilott after three seasons together.^[55] On November 2, 2023, Juncos confirmed that Romain Grosjean signed for the team, replacing the outgoing Ilott.^[38]
• On December 15, 2023, A. J. Foyt Racing announced that Sting Ray Robb would drive the No. 41 entry full-time for the 2024 season, leaving Dale Coyne Racing after one season. Initial reports covering the announcement stated that Robb was to replace Benjamin Pedersen, with the entry being renumbered to 41 from the 55 which Pedersen drove in 2023.^[10] However, later that day, Pedersen released a statement on social media implying that he had not left the team and that Robb would be joining as his teammate, with team director Larry Foyt being non-committal when directly asked if Robb was replacing Pedersen during a teleconference with media.^[56] On January 9, 2024, Larry Foyt confirmed that Pedersen was departing the team as his contract had "lapsed".^[57]
• On February 1, 2024, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Cusick Motorsports confirmed plans to field a joint entry for the Indianapolis 500, with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Conor Daly serving as drivers of the No. 23 and No. 24 cars, respectively.^[34]
• On February 13, 2024, David Malukas confirmed that he had injured his wrist while mountain biking and would miss the first race of the season to recover.^[58] Callum Ilott was announced as his replacement on March 5,^[18] and also competed at the non-championship event at The Thermal Club.
• On February 15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Takuma Sato would return to the team to compete in the Indianapolis 500.^[46]
• On March 5, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Jack Harvey would drive the No. 18 entry in 14 races this year, with 2023 Indy NXT rookie of the year Nolan Siegel partaking in events that do not clash with his Indy NXT commitments, including the Indianapolis 500. Coyne also confirmed sports car and former NASCAR driver Colin Braun would drive the No. 51 in at least the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and the non-championship event at The Thermal Club.^[30]

Mid-season

• Throughout the season, Dale Coyne Racing would announce multiple drivers for it's No. 51 entry:
  • On April 9, that Katherine Legge would drive for the No. 51 entry for the Indianapolis 500.^[33]
  • On April 15, that Nolan Siegel would switch from the No. 18 to the No. 51 at Long Beach, and that Jack Harvey would race the No. 18 at Long Beach, extending his program in that entry to 15 races.^[31]
  • On April 25, that former Williams F1 test driver Luca Ghiotto would drive the No. 51 at Barber Motorsports Park and the Indianapolis Grand Prix.^[32]
• On April 9, Arrow McLaren confirmed that David Malukas would miss the second round at Long Beach, and with Callum Ilott unavailable due to a conflicting FIA World Endurance Championship round,^[59] 2023 Formula 2 Championship winner Théo Pourchaire was announced as his replacement in the No. 6 car on April 18, initially only for Long Beach;^[19] this was later extended to the following round at Barber Motorsports Park.^[20]
• On April 29, it was announced that Arrow McLaren had released David Malukas, due uncertainty regarding his return from the wrist injury, which had already sidelined him for the first four races of the season.^[60]

Team changes

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.^[61]
• 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."^[38]
• On November 10, 2023, Andretti Global confirmed that they would reduce to three entries from four for the 2024 season.^[62]

The schedule was released on September 25, 2023.^[63]

NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course
NC Non-championship race

Schedule changes

• On August 3, IndyCar announced that the Music City Grand Prix would host the season finale from 2024 onwards. The 2024 race was scheduled to feature a new layout running through Broadway in Downtown Nashville, but still featuring the Korean War Memorial Bridge.^[69] Laguna Seca's date was moved to June to accommodate this. On February 14, 2024 – and due to anticipated construction beginning on the New Nissan Stadium which would interfere with the circuit – the race was moved 30 miles (48 kilometres) east to Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tennessee,^[68] for the first IndyCar race at the track since 2008.

• On September 10, it was announced that The Thermal Club would 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, and the first American Championship car race in Riverside County, California since 1983.^[65]

• 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, ending the joint IndyCar–NASCAR weekend (where both series raced at the same venue on the same weekend) established in 2020. Both races were replaced by the Milwaukee Mile Doubleheader.^[70] Night races will also be reintroduced for the Saturday Iowa race and Gateway.^[63]

• 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.^[74]

Driver standings

• At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earns 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).^[75] 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.^[76]
• Drivers who lead at least one race lap are awarded 1 point.^[77] The driver who leads the most laps during a race scores an additional 2 points.^[77]
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.^[78]

Pos Driver STP THE LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GAT POR MIL NSH Pts 1 Colton Herta 3L 4 2L 8 101 2 Will Power 2 DNQ 6L 2L 100 3 Álex Palou 4 1L* 3 5L 98 4 Scott Dixon 7 DNQ 1L* 15 94 5 Felix Rosenqvist 5 3 9L 4L 87 6 Pato O'Ward 1 DNQ 16 23 71 7 Kyle Kirkwood 10 DNQ 7L 10 67 8 Linus Lundqvist  R  21 6 13 3L 62 9 Scott McLaughlin 27 2 26 1L* 59 10 Santino Ferrucci 9 DNQ 21 7L 58 11 Alexander Rossi 6 7 10 25 53 12 Rinus VeeKay 8 DNQ 14 17 53 13 Romain Grosjean 22 DNQ 8 12 50 14 Marcus Ericsson 23 DNQ 5 18 49 15 Josef Newgarden 26 8 4L 16 48 16 Christian Lundgaard 18L 9 23 6 48 17 Graham Rahal 14 11 17 11 48 18 Marcus Armstrong 25 5 12 9 45 19 Kyffin Simpson  R  12 DNQ 19 14 45 20 Agustín Canapino 16 10 15 20 39 21 Jack Harvey 17 25 13 35 22 Tom Blomqvist  R  15 DNQ 22 19 34 23 Pietro Fittipaldi 13 12 24 27 28 24 Théo Pourchaire  R  11 22 27 25 Sting Ray Robb 24 DNQ 18 26 23 26 Christian Rasmussen  R  19 DNQ 27 24 22 27 Callum Ilott 11 DNQ 19 28 Nolan Siegel  R  DNQ 20 10 29 Colin Braun  R  20 DNQ 10 30 Luca Ghiotto  R  21 9 Pos Driver STP THE LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GAT POR MIL NSH Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd-place finish Bronze 3rd-place finish Green Top 5 finish Light Blue Top 10 finish Dark Blue Other flagged position Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point; except Indy) Italics Ran fastest race lap L Led race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (2 points) 1–12 Indy 500 "Fast Twelve" bonus points c Qualifying canceled (no bonus point)  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

Entrant standings

Engine manufacturer standings

Pos	Entrant	STP	LBH	ALA	IGP	INDY	DET	ROA	LAG	MDO	IOW		TOR	GAT	POR	MIL		NSH	Pts
1	Chevrolet	1	4	1															242
		2	6	2
		96PW	60	96PW
2	Honda	3	1	3															230
		4	2	4
		67	96PW	67

• 2024 Indy NXT
• 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship
• 2024 USF2000 Championship
• 2024 USF Juniors

Sources

• Official website