2016 IndyCar Series

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2016 IndyCar season
Verizon IndyCar Series
Verizon IndyCar Series textlogo (2016-2018).svg
Season
Races16
Start dateMarch 13
End dateSeptember 17
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Manufacturers' Cup Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi
  2015
2017  
Simon pagenaud (47966311952) (cropped).jpg
Will Power 2010 Indy 500 Practice Day 7.JPG
Simon Pagenaud (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Will Power (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 21st season of the IndyCar Series and the 105th season of American open wheel racing. It included the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon entered as the reigning Drivers' Champion, while Chevrolet entered the season as the reigning Manufacturer's Champion. Upon season's end, Simon Pagenaud was crowned Drivers' Champion, while Chevrolet retained the Manufacturer's Championship.

Contents

Pagenaud was the first European driver to win IndyCar Series driver's title since British driver Dario Franchitti in 2011 season.

Entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with manufacturer aero kits and Firestone tires.

TeamEngineNo.Driver(s)Rounds
Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 14 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato [1] All
35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani [2] 5–6
41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth [1] All
Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Autosport Honda 26 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz [3] All
27 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti All
28 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay All
29 Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell 6
Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 98 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  R  [4] All
Flag of the United States.svg Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton  R  [5] All
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon All
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan All
83 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball All
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly  R  [6] All
19 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi [7] 1–4, 11
Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves 5–10, 14
Flag of the United States.svg R. C. Enerson  R 12, 15-16
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pippa Mann 13
636
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne / Jonathan Byrd's Racing 88 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Clauson 6
Flag of the United States.svg Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 24 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam [8] 6
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter Racing [9] Chevrolet 6 Flag of the United States.svg J. R. Hildebrand 5–6
20 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter 2, 6, 10, 13–14
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot  R 7–9, 11–12, 15–16
21 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden [9] All
Flag of the United States.svg KVSH Racing Chevrolet 11 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais [10] All
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Wilson  R 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pirtek Team Murray 61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham  R  [11] [N 1] 5–6
Flag of the United States.svg Lazier Burns Racing [12] Chevrolet 4 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 6
Flag of the United States.svg Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal All
16 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot  R  [13] 1, 5–6
Flag of the United States.svg Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe All
7 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Aleshin [14] All
Flag of the United States.svg Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Marotti Autosport77 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 6
Flag of the United States.svg Team Penske Chevrolet 2 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya All
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves All
12 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià [15] [16] 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power All [N 2]
22 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud All

Notes

Schedule

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule was announced on October 27, 2015. [30] All rounds were held in the United States, except the Toronto round.

Rd.DateRace NameTrackCity
1March 13 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2April 2 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix  O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
3April 17 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
4April 24 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5May 14 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6May 29 100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
7June 4 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
8June 5
9June 26 Kohler Grand Prix  R  Road America [31] Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10July 10 Iowa Corn 300  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
11July 17 Honda Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto, Ontario
12July 31 Honda Indy 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13August 22* ABC Supply 500  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
14*June 12/August 27* [32] Firestone 600  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas
15September 4 Grand Prix at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York
16September 18 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course

Schedule changes and notes

Results

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace WinnerReport
DriverTeamManufacturer
1 St. Petersburg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet Report
2 Phoenix Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Report
3 Long Beach Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
4 Birmingham Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
5 Indianapolis GP Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
6 Indianapolis 500 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Autosport Honda Report
7 Detroit 1 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet Report
8 Detroit 2 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
9 Road America Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
10 Iowa Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Report
11 Toronto Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
12 Mid-Ohio Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Aleshin Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report
13 Pocono Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Aleshin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Aleshin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Report
14 Texas Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Report
15 Watkins Glen Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Report
16 Sonoma Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet Report

Points standings

Driver standings

PosDriver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGI SNM Pts
1 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud 2*211*1*19813*2*1349118471*659
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Wth374191062011*212182020532
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves 4113*7211951451321519537504
4 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden 226103213214481*221042226502
5 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal 16515241426411316134111212484
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon 71*21078131952238*226191*17477
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 9468254189727412931913461
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya 194583317320720201189133433
9 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball 1012119551681661011815669433
10 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz 822121412256151012173771115432
11 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  RY 121420151011110121561614201185430
12 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay 3101811924*3734221218313144428
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe 191886371182114935102*1812416
14 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 2189162491918188720510510404
15 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Aleshin 5171617132771517165617*2*162211347
16 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti 15131912151314169121410131212128339
17 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato 615513182612111017115922201714320
18 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly  R 13161320629242621211561621421313
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton  R 177142114152221222019181613151016267
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Hawksworth 1119211920163122191115212114171618229
21 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot  R 14112529171891971522165
22 Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves 1720211213191714121
23 Flag of the United States.svg J. R. Hildebrand 2261584
24 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 18121072
25 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Carpenter 21312018211867
26 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi 202017181461
27 Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell 21455
28 Flag of the United States.svg R. C. Enerson  R 1991955
29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pippa Mann 18251746
30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham  R 16222637
31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani 23173335
32 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam 322322
33 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Clauson 232821
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Wilson  R 283014
35 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 303212
PosDriver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGI SNM Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid Not Start
(DNS)
Race abandoned
(C)
BlankDid not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point; except Indy)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
(2 points)
DNSAny driver who qualifies
but does not start (DNS),
earns half the points
had they taken part.
1–33Indy 500 qualifying results,
with points as follows:
42 points for 1st
40 points for 2nd
and so on down to
1 point for 33rd.
cQualifying canceled

no bonus point awarded

 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Entrant standings

PosDriver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGI SNM Pts
1#22 Team Penske 2*211*1*19813*2*1349118471*659
2#12 Team Penske 18374191062011*212182020544
3#3 Team Penske 4113*7211951451321519537504
4#21 Ed Carpenter Racing 226103213214481*221042226502
5#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 16515241426411316134111212484
6#9 Chip Ganassi Racing 71*21078131952238*226191*17477
7#10 Chip Ganassi Racing 9468254189727412931913461
8#2 Team Penske 194583317320720201189133433
9#83 Chip Ganassi Racing 1012119551681661011815669433
10#26 Andretti Autosport 822121412256151012173771115432
11#98 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 121420151011110121561614201185430
12#28 Andretti Autosport 3101811924*3734221218313144428
13#5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 191886371182114935102*1812416
14#11 KVSH Racing 2189162491918188720510510404
15#7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 5171617132771517165617*2*162211347
16#27 Andretti Autosport 15131912151314169121410131212128339
17#14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 615513182612111017115922201714320
18#18 Dale Coyne Racing 13161320629242621211561621421313
19#8 Chip Ganassi Racing 177142114152221222019181613151016267
20#19 Dale Coyne Racing 202017181720211213191714191714919250
21#41 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1119211920163122191115212114171618229
22#20 Ed Carpenter Racing 213120171891819721181522182
PosDriver STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGI SNM Pts

Manufacturer standings

PosManufacturer STP PHX LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGI SNM BonusPenaltiesPoints
1 Chevrolet 11111311111113111992
2223243222224423
4334555453475536
125*128*128*120*123*194118*125*123*128*125*11711297128*229*
2 Honda 35523123353321421697
51086424646543284
61312116769109657795
9367728795234*1008587809399*104*119*78204
  • The top three finishing drivers from each manufacturer in each race/qualifying score championship points for their respective manufacturer, provided they were using one of their four allotted engines.
  • Two additional points are awarded to the manufacturer if one of their entrants leads most laps of a race.
  • At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one point.
  • Manufacturers will earn ten points for each engine reaching the 2500-mile change-out threshold. Manufacturers will lose twenty points for each engine failing to reach the change-out threshold, or for a non-minor repair requiring a component change.
  • Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

Footnotes

  1. Team to get support from KVSH Racing.
  2. Replaced for race at St. Petersburg after winning pole by Servia due to inner-ear infection.

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