2024 IndyCar season | |
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NTT IndyCar Series | |
Season | |
Races | 18 |
Start date | March 10 |
End date | September 15 |
Awards | |
The 2024 NTT IndyCar Series is the 113th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 29th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Spanish driver Álex Palou entered the season as the defending champion, having obtained his second IndyCar title in 2023, while Josef Newgarden entered the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.
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.
The schedule was released on September 25, 2023. [62]
NOTE: Race names are preliminary and subject to change.
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course
NC Non-championship race
Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race winner | Report | ||
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Driver | Team | Manufacturer | ||||||
1 | St. Petersburg | Josef Newgarden | Kyffin Simpson | — [N 4] | Pato O'Ward [N 5] | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | Report |
NC | Thermal Club | Álex Palou [N 6] | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
2 | Long Beach | Felix Rosenqvist | Marcus Ericsson | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
3 | Birmingham | Report | ||||||
4 | IMS GP | Report | ||||||
5 | Indianapolis 500 | Report | ||||||
6 | Detroit | Report | ||||||
7 | Road America | Report | ||||||
8 | Laguna Seca | Report | ||||||
9 | Mid-Ohio | Report | ||||||
10 | Iowa 1 | Report | ||||||
11 | Iowa 2 | |||||||
12 | Toronto | Report | ||||||
13 | Gateway | Report | ||||||
14 | Portland | Report | ||||||
15 | Milwaukee 1 | Report | ||||||
16 | Milwaukee 2 | |||||||
17 | Nashville | Report |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th+ |
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Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
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...Simpson added, before confirming that he is set to race under a Cayman Islands licence next year.
"We just did Scotty and we're on a long-term contract with Josef right now," Penske told RACER.
Palou will start on the pole for the 20-lap Sprint for the Purse – divided into two-lap segments [sic] – if he wins his heat race because he produced the quickest lap of the two qualifying segments.