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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 16, 2018 13:22:10 GMT -5
Confirmed 2019 IndyCar Series Driver/Team Roster: (Full Time Entrants)
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | #2-Josef Newgarden #22-Simon Pagenaud #12-Will Power | | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | #9-Scott Dixon #10-Felix Rosenqvist (R)
| Andretti Autosport (with Bryan Herta, Marco Andretti, and Curb-Agajanian on the #98) | Honda | #26-Zach Veach
#27-Alexander Rossi #28-Ryan Hunter-Reay #98-Marco Andretti | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan on the #18
| Honda | #18-Sébastien Bourdais
#19-Santino Ferrucci
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
| Honda
| #15-Graham Rahal #30-Takuma Sato
| | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | #5-James Hinchcliffe
#6-Robert Wickens (TBD) #7-Marcus Ericsson
| | Ed Carpenter Scuderia Corsa Racing | Chevrolet | #20-Ed Carpenter (Ovals), Ed Jones (Road/Streets) #21-Spencer Pigot | A. J. Foyt Enterprises
| Chevrolet | #4-Matheus Leist
#14-Tony Kanaan | Harding Steinbrenner Racing
| Honda | #8-Patricio O'Ward (R)
#88-Colton Herta (R)
| Carlin
| Chevrolet
| #23-Charlie Kimball (Part Time TBD) #59-Max Chilton |
Part Time Entrants:
#3-Hélio Castroneves (Indy GP and Indianapolis 500), Team Penske
#25-Conor Daly (Indianapolis 500 maybe more), Andretti Autosport
#29?-Fernando Alonso (Indianapolis 500), McLaren Racing Limited
#32?-At least 2 drivers (Nearly to full season), Juncos Racing #?-? (Indianapolis 500, possibly other races), Juncos Racing
#42-Jordan King (Indianapolis 500 maybe more), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
#60-Jack Harvey (6 to 10 races), Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson
#64-Ed Jones (Indianapolis 500), Ed Carpenter Scuderia Corsa Racing
#81-Ben Hanley (St. Petersburg, Barber, Indianapolis 500, Road America, and Mid-Ohio), DragonSpeed Racing
#88?-James Davison? (Indianapolis 500), Jonathan Byrd's Racing
#?-? (Partial season), Carlin
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Post by Maverick18 on Nov 13, 2018 8:12:24 GMT -5
This is a month late and a total nitpick lol, but wouldn’t Newgarden be #2?
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Post by JSPorts on Nov 13, 2018 9:05:51 GMT -5
In 2018, there were 21 full-time teams and 16 part-time teams. So far for 2019, we have 23 likely full-time teams and 8 likely part-time teams. This number should grow as the season progresses towards Indy. The average field size last year was 23.8 cars per race. With an increase by 2 full-time teams and the number of part-time teams likely staying constant, that number should be around 25.8 cars per race this year. That would be the highest average since 2012, when there were an average of 26.0 cars per race. Let's take a look back at average field sizes in the series' history:
1996: 25.0
1997: 25.3 (+0.3)
1998: 27.1 (+1.8)
1999: 26.7 (-0.4)
2000: 27.2 (+0.5)
2001: 24.4 (-2.8)
2002: 25.1 (+0.7)
2003: 22.4 (-2.7)
2004: 22.3 (-0.1)
2005: 22.7 (+0.4)
2006: 19.9 (-2.8)
2007: 19.9 (0.0)
2008: 25.9 (+6.0)
2009: 22.9 (-3.0)
2010: 26.2 (+3.3)
2011: 27.4 (+1.2)
2012: 26.0 (-1.4)
2013: 25.1 (-0.9)
2014: 23.1 (-2.0)
2015: 24.3 (+1.2)
2016: 22.8 (-1.5)
2017: 22.1 (-0.7)
2018: 23.8 (+1.7)
Unsurprisingly, the biggest positive year-over-year change in this number came between 2007 and 2008, when the CCWS merged with IndyCar. The biggest drop-off was between 2008 and 2009.
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Post by Canadianfan on Nov 13, 2018 9:08:08 GMT -5
This is a month late and a total nitpick lol, but wouldn’t Newgarden be #2? You are correct. |
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Post by JSPorts on Nov 13, 2018 11:25:47 GMT -5
I don't think Dixon will use #1. There's no precedent for him doing that, though I think it was originally a Target thing.
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Post by 02Justin10 on Nov 13, 2018 12:37:46 GMT -5
As wonderful as the increase in car count is:
1.) Sarah Fisher isn't expected to field a car.
2.) Even with this increase, it sucks that plenty of talented drivers will either be sidelined or racing elsewhere because of the lack of opportunities.
I want to see Junqueira, Servia, Hildebrand, Munoz, Hawksworth, De Silvestro, Legge, Wickens, Fisher and Chaves in cars.
Yet Rossi from F1, Ericsson from F1, Ferrucci from the F1 feeder system, Andretti from nepotism and Herta from nepotism and a wealthy backer gets to be on the grid.
It's amazing to think the field could be better if checks didn't have to clear and 28-30 full time cars were around.
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Post by sean on Nov 13, 2018 19:50:19 GMT -5
I don't think Dixon will use #1. There's no precedent for him doing that, though I think it was originally a Target thing. He used #1 in 2004 after his first championship and went winless. I think he/they consider it to be unlucky as a result, even though the only reason he was not winning is because Ganassi's lame duck Toyota engines were awful. I think it may have also had something to do with Tony Renna's death, but he did use it and Ganassi regularly used it in the CART years. I know Target said several times they wanted to keep the numbers #9 and #10 for marketing reasons, which I found kind of annoying, and even more so when they changed Dario's number to #50 in 2012 to celebrate their anniversary. I suppose now that Target's not there anymore #1 could be a possibility... |
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Post by sean on Nov 13, 2018 19:57:36 GMT -5
Even with this increase, it sucks that plenty of talented drivers will either be sidelined or racing elsewhere because of the lack of opportunities.
I want to see Junqueira, Servia, Hildebrand, Munoz, Hawksworth, De Silvestro, Legge, Wickens, Fisher and Chaves in cars.
Yet Rossi from F1, Ericsson from F1, Ferrucci from the F1 feeder system, Andretti from nepotism and Herta from nepotism and a wealthy backer gets to be on the grid.
Rossi is without question a jerk but I think he is unquestionably better than any driver you listed in the previous line with the possible exceptions of Junqueira and Wickens. Bruno was a very underrated driver because he was peaking as most of the talent was leaving CART so few noticed but that was 15 years ago and I highly doubt he'd be very competitive now. PEAK Junqueira might be as good as Rossi (his 2002 when he crashed Brack and Dixon and got fired, WTF? is very impressive). Same for Servia who I also thought was underrated, although I do not think peak Servia was ever as good as Rossi now or even close to be quite frank. 6-8 years ago I thought they should still be full-timers but I think their time has passed. They're both closer to Castroneves and Kanaan's age than Power's and Dixon's. I don't even get what your criticism of Rossi is, other than him being a jerk, which I acknowledge that he is. Wickens is injured and it would be impossible for him to race and they said his seat is coming back if/when he is ever able to race again. I wouldn't include that one. You list Hildebrand on your good list and Andretti on your bad list yet I can't really see what the difference between them is. Both good Indy drivers and both good short oval drivers (Marco was an Iowa master for a while) but not really people to put a good season together. The only difference is one has money and the other didn't. I don't think Hildebrand is that deserving. I think Munoz and Chaves still deserve full-time shots. I think Junqueira and Servia's time has passed and I can't really argue any of the other drivers are that deserving of full-time rides, though most of them would be decent Indy 500 choices. And I think Colton Herta would be better than a lot of the drivers you listed TODAY. Ericsson too. I'm with you on Ferrucci. I'm not looking forward to *that* one at all. |
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Post by 02Justin10 on Nov 15, 2018 21:35:51 GMT -5
My thoughts here are not so much of deserving and undeserving as just me clearing the bar of being an adequate driver that I can root for.
Those drivers I listed who will be on the grid just end up being downers for me. Andretti lost his passion a long time ago. Rossi never dreamed of IndyCar. Ericsson is here now because his F1 path dried up. Colton Herta has it much easier than all other young aspiring American open wheel drivers with Daddy Herta and his sugar brother.
Those drivers are worthy of rides but my other list are favorable folks who I think are either underrated or never got a real shot. People that would fill the grid with good talent and mixed, yet glowing personalities most fans could like.
Ferrucci is the only person who I think needs more development before being handed an IndyCar seat. I can already see the carbon fiber coming undone at St. Pete and Long Beach.
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Post by JSPorts on Dec 28, 2018 18:03:09 GMT -5
One update to the team chart: An October 30, 2018 press release stated that the #6 is open for Wickens "when he wants to and is able to return". He should probably be added in the #6 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda for TBA races.
Also of note, there are 33 confirmed entries now for the 2019 season (full-time or part-time.)
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